I have…. regrets. Did a 2km OM3 pull in 2009 because there’s no way we’d ever need more than 100Mbps of internet on that line ;-) back then the rationale was the difference in transceiver cost between multimode and single mode. Now it’s fractional - same with cable cost

You probably won’t have issues with OM3 right now - you’ll get 10Gb at up to 300m, but the cost of the work is the labour and not the cable - and in 10 years time if we’re all hanging on the back of 100Gb domestic connectivity then you’ll have a bottleneck

Ex-fibre engineer here. Futureproof thyself and go single mode. Limitations on throughput at distance with multi mode. You should be looking at OS1 rather than OM3/4.

Ends/connectors less relevant as you can always use patches that will switch connector type.

Not gloating

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Same! Half disappointed, half glad 😌

Stopped clocks twice a day….

Weirdly I find trail long distance less stressful on the hips and joints. Less impact and more variation of motion. I feel better after a trail marathon than I do a road half….. would recommend any of the Hardmoors race series if you do feel compelled. My first ultra was the 55 :-)

To run again. Cursed injury has kept me off the trails for 2025. Need to ease back into it.

For your 100km challenge, may I suggest the www.hardmoors110.org.uk/hardmoors-60/

Organised by lovely people, great scenery and a challenging race!

Right to the very core…… thank you for articulating

I should add - great, actionable advice though!

I’d add a footnote to the MFA/Passkey section. Literally ever SME I’ve worked with has users who refuse to install Authenticator apps on their devices - rather than arguing, offer Yubikeys - £25 and the problem is solved