Building owners and service providers now are faced with an important decision. They must decide which broadband solution will enable the most services and the greatest economic advantage for the lowest cost. LRE extends Ethernet over single-pair wiring at distances of up to 5,000 feet. The Current State of Access Today, most MDU residents connect to the Internet through dial-up connections, which peak at 56 Kbps. While enough to send simple e-mail, these links are good for little else.
Access is cumbersome, yielding very slow downloads.
Certainly, other technologies exist that provide somewhat higher bandwidth. However, they are also plagued with substantial shortcomings. Typical residential deployments, though, yield far less bandwidth, which cannot effectively support video. For instance, its performance is more scalable, providing anywhere from ISDN to T1 speeds. It also consumes far less power.