What are the main benefits of fiber-based I-Nets?
Fiber-based I-Nets enable users to take advantage of the applications listed above, and others to come, at blazing speeds – typically more than 100 Megabits/second (about 4,000 times the speed of dial-up connections to the Internet using modems running at 28.8 Kilobits/second). They enable local governments to take maximum advantage of staff, equipment and other resources and can greatly reduce the costs of services, such as T-1 data lines, that local governments usually lease or purchase from outside providers. Fiber-based I-Nets are more reliable than the Internet for communication of large amounts of information between or among users. As closed systems, they do not depend on Internet technology that breaks information into discrete packets, sends the packets over separate routes to their destination and reassembles them there – when and if they arrive. Because fiber optics are not conductive, they are not susceptible to interference from lightning and other forms of electromagnetic
