Tag: broadband

4 September 2026 0 By Everly Poirier

Fibre to the Home: How PON Networks Deliver Gigabit Internet

GPON, XGS-PON and 50G-PON explained: the passive splitter tree, why upstream is a scheduled queue, and what “up to” really means when thirty homes share one laser.

4 September 2026 0 By Everly Poirier

Reading a Speed Test Properly: Mbps, Latency, Jitter and Packet Loss

Home Networking

Download speed is the least useful number on a speed test. Latency under load, jitter and packet loss decide whether calls and games work — and bufferbloat is usually the culprit.