yabos
join:2003-02-16
London, ON | reply to MacLeech
Re: It the SINGLE links that are fragile, not the fiber 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
SoCal
kudos:3
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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Don't mind me, I'm just trying to help...
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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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