I just donated mine to Boat Angel .com Here is how it went down. Filled out some paperwork and took pictures all conveniently supplied by Boat Angel including camera. Boat Angel listed the boat on Ebay and it sold for $900.00. Boat Angel gives a brand new fish finder away with every sold boat.
Depending upon the type of glass that is used during cable construction, the speed of the connection may fluctuate, but still produces a very fast connection speed. The typical speed for a fiber optic Internet connection will range between 150 Mbps (megabits per second) and 500 Mbps. In comparison with cable Internet which typically provides data transfer speeds at anywhere from 5Mbps ranging to 25 Mbps, fiber optic Internet is definitely the faster of the two connections.
Modern fiber systems with a single laser can transmit billions of bits per second -- the laser can turn on and off several billions of times per second. The newest systems use multiple lasers with different colors to fit multiple signals into the same fiber. Modern fiber optic cables can carry a signal quite a distance -- perhaps 60 miles (100 km). On a long distance line, there is an equipment hut every 40 to 60 miles.