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We only have a port in the wall, not an actual cable, but I will check out the port and see if there are any clues. So, OK, it's possible that performance could improve. It's not a wildly stupid thought that it might. That's enough to move forward with research, thanks. It's not so much an...

OK, so a relatively inexpensive media converter would be all that's necessary, not the modem? This is a line that we'd expect to plug straight into a fiber-capable router, so whatever's on the other side should be considered in that light. For what it's worth, we think it's 10Gbps. Maybe the...

Well, they ran the fiber line to server room years ago with the intent of it being used on what I can only imagine was run-of-the-mill hardware. It's officially our line and we're allowed to use it, but we never got the associated hardware at the time and it's politically impossible to get the...

We have an old Cisco 2620 router with what we think is a 1Gbps copper RJ45 line coming in from "the backbone". We're part of a large organization, and we don't know exactly what's on the other side of our lines. There is much infighting, and asking questions might lead to political turmoil we...