 MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
SoCal
kudos:3 | It the SINGLE links that are fragile, not the fiber said by Eureka Reporter :
it was a heavy equipment mishap that severed the area’s sole fiber-optic cable that handles the bulk of the county’s vital high-speed Internet and telecommunications service.
The fiber isn't fragile, the network is.
Being dependant on a SINGLE link in such a network is just plain dumb, especially if it's in a high construction traffic area like that one is.
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2 edits | said by MacLeech: Being dependant on a SINGLE link in such a network is just plain dumb, especially if it's in a high construction traffic area like that one is. Fiber optic rings with automatic failover have been around for a very long time - in major metropolitan areas. Migrating that ability to every part of the nation, including rural areas is too costly. Especially when an outage can be repaired in a few hours.
So, follow your advice, and the cost of phone calls & internet connections grows ever higher.
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yabos
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London, ON | reply to MacLeech
Yeah it's quite stupid, and even the western telcos and backbone operators are guilty of it. They run all their stuff in one place without much of a failover plan if the lines are cut. It shouldn't be that way but they cut corners to save money. |
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MacLeechThe one and onlyPremium
join:2001-07-14
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2 edits | said by yabos: they cut corners to save money. Which they pay for later, many times over, in emergency repair costs, customer refunds, and meetings on how to avoid similar failures in the future.
Beyond that, sooner or later the "pipe" is full and you have to run a second link anyway... after months of slow speeds or capacity issues for the current customers... not to mention all the future customers turned away.
Also, a single link usually means a single provider. High prices usually follow the lack of competition.
Then again, that means higher profits for the company with the only link out of the area....
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| Not necessarily.
To increase the capacity of a fiber link you simply change out the gear on both sides 
Carriers can share the same physical fiber using DWDM technology. (Each carrier would be placed on their own wavelengths).
People in this forum complain that phone/tv/internet service is too costly, however when the carrier attempts to save money in order to provide a less costly service everyone complains when there are problems.
Providing telecommunications services isn't cheap. When consumers and businesses are willing to pay a fair price or a given service then carriers will be able to build in the necessary redundancies, customer service etc to appropriately address the customers' needs. People need to learn just because telco services may be cheaper elsewhere that doesn't necessarily entitle them to the same price / service tiers.
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Whats really sad is when the alternate path is in the same trench vs being a physically diverse path. |
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Cheap.
Fast.
Reliable.
You only get to pick 2. |
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