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Init7 Blog
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Init7 Blog is the company blog at blog.init7.net, writing about systems and business. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Switzerland's "Fiber Optic Dispute"”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Swiss ISP Init7's blog, which HN readers link for explanations of fibre network overbooking and backhaul, and for a write-up on the history of Swiss fibre disputes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Switzerland's "Fiber Optic Dispute"2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-04-04
- 25 Gbit/sec residential FTTH in Switzerland [German]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-27
- Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-09-25
What Hacker News says?
In the linked blog post to init7 (translated), it says this: “Backhaul means the return of the data to the backbone, i.e. to the connecting area of the network. The backbone connects the various subnets. Each Fiber7 pop is newly connected with at least 100Gbit/sec backhaul capacity, which corresponds to 10 to 50 times over-provision” Is that a normal over provisioning rate for an internet connection? It seems like e…
Comment linking /de/neue-infrastruktur/
on “My upgrade to 25 Gbit/s Fiber To The Home”Submitted Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth as a story · 72 points
HN discussionI am so glad that here in Switzerland the government went after the large ISP that tried to install only P2MP instead of the decided on standard of P2P for fiber. https://blog.init7.net/en/die-glasfaserstreit-geschichte/
Comment linking /en/die-glasfaserstreit-geschichte/
on “Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs”Submitted 25 Gbit/sec residential FTTH in Switzerland [German] as a story · 21 points
HN discussionIt /is/ how it works with PON based fibre networks. See https://blog.init7.net/en/overbooking-how-providers-divide-u...
Comment linking /en/overbooking-how-providers-divide-up-the-bandwidth/
on “Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)”Submitted Switzerland's "Fiber Optic Dispute" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionInit7 has on its blog another amazing write up https://blog.init7.net/en/die-glasfaserstreit-geschichte/
Comment linking /en/die-glasfaserstreit-geschichte/
on “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't”Submitted Ten Years of Fiber7 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted To peer or not to peer – online cartels as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Switzerland's fiber optic standard. How to read an OTO-ID as a story · 1 points
HN discussion