However ..... I will jump (not to Swisscom, already lots of providers lining up, HA!) and I want to be prepared. So someone tell me:
Are LAN cables within the flat for fiberglass different too? (Should be, no?). So all the old ones will be useless?
Can fiberglass-speed internet be transported via power-line adapters?
And if so - does it take different power-line adapters than now?
Same with powerline adapters. Or any other network devices.
EDIT : I'm guessing you should have Cat 5s in your place.
EDIT 2 : When I say "not good enough", I mean this in the purist sense. I have fiber. Anything under 1 Gbps is meh. So Cat5s don't cut it.
Fiber from Swisscom and Cable from UPC.
The difference is only at perimeter - Fiber and Cable modems are different.
LAN cabling has no difference. CAT5 LAN cables run 1 at Gb just fine, I'd go for CAT7 only if I wanted to run speeds 10 Gbp on copper.
Also, I highly doubt that you'll get 1 Gb WAN (uplink/modem) speed on any modem, Fiber or Cable (unless you want to pay like CHF 1000 per month). Most likely, uplink speed will be below 0.2 Gb, or even less - thats more than enough for most private users.
Bottom line is: LAN cabling change is quite unlikely. WAN change (modem) - for sure.
Yes the modem-change is logic but that will be automatically done as upc will want it's modem back.
I'm pondering my internal upstairs/downstairs connecting. But I think as it's all gonna be done brand-new, I will simply ask my landlord to install a socket on both levels and 99% of my connecting problem will be solved by that.
What's a SOHO service?
As for cables, it all depends, in our street the buildings get new cabling inside the apartments.
As for me, I see no need to change to zürinet, I have currently 500/50 and 2ms ping to servers inside Switzerland, I stopped torrenting and usenet so enough is enough.
OP should have a look here at what they will offer her: https://zuerinet.ch
Anyway, OP is not looking for providers but planning the flat-internal-cabeling.
I pay 777.- annually.
Before you plan cables, you'd have to decide what you want your network to be capable of, no need to build for 10/10Gbps if you decide to stick to a 100/100 connection.
arz is right though, I won't go for 1GB. Probably 200MB will be fine for me - and already lightning speed compared to what I have now LOL.
The reason I collect information is that I'm going from stone-age to a brand new technique (not even decent ADSL is possible on our phone-lines).
I want to think through everything I need to do, so from day 1 the socket is here I know how I sort out the internal wiring, with which equipment and what the equipment will have to be like.
1Byte = 8bit / 1 MB/s = 8 Mbit/s You are saying you would like a 1600Mbit/s line while you actually want a 200Mbit/s
Good old ethernet is still unbeatable and 1gbit over Cat5 works fine unless you have very long cable runs.
But this leads to the next question: If - and it has - my wlan-router has 802.11n specification, I will still be able to use it and it will do the trick. Right?
(We're talking about 200Mb .... )
Anyway, as you say, I also though they could use the phone-line to pull the cable downstaris. It will be so darn elegant.
Let's face it, I don't think anybody will ever want to plug one of these Richle De-Massari plugs into a socket anymore ever. They look a bit like dinosaurs amongst plugs. Geee, I remember when they were new and mordern, ROFL.
If anybody is still after such cables, I must have half a box full of them.
The wlan I use between the rooms upstairs.
Best to "borrow" one to test it first.