Is it worth replacing your Ethernet cables with fiber?

I'm looking to get fiber to my home and I wanted to know if here would be any improvement in speed if I switched to all fiber within the home itself. Is it worth it cost wise and will there be any actual benefit. Side note: does anyone know of places in Florida to pickup reasonably priced fiber if it is actually worth the effort?

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stryder144

Short answer: as long as your ethernet cables are able to match or exceed the speed of your fiber connection, then probably not worth it. If, however, you experience a lot of interference or your network cables can't match or exceed the fiber speed, then yes it would be worth it to upgrade. When calculating the cost, don't forget that your equipment may need to be upgraded as well, which will significantly increase the costs.

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cyberguypr

What sort of cable do you have right now? Are you trying to solve any specific problem?

stryder144

Daskery

Is your Internet connection very slow now?

kaiju

The fiber connection to your house will be terminated to an ethernet drop unless you request fiber.

CAT5 - 100Mb/s but can do 1Gb/s (SHORT CABLES)

CAT5e - 1Gb/s

CAT6 - 10Gb/s

LooseyGoosey

Thanks for the comments and advice guys. In the end I'm not sure it will yield any noticeable results if I was to swap out standard Ethernet with Fiber. But it's always an option in the future I guess. I've since check out the prices at some places locally and those that would ship, it's not terribly expensive but there is a small learning curve as to which type of fiber to make use of. I'm actually going to stop in at Fibertronics after work and see what's what.