Epikos
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I find it interesting that they'd land the US side of that cable in Oregon. My first choice would be Seattle. Portland doesn't have any major internet PoP like Seattle does. In fact if you look at major cable routes, Portland traffic frequently goes to seattle before leaving the pacific northwest.
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| said by Epikos  :I find it interesting that they'd land the US side of that cable in Oregon. My first choice would be Seattle. Portland doesn't have any major internet PoP like Seattle does. In fact if you look at major cable routes, Portland traffic frequently goes to seattle before leaving the pacific northwest. They already have a trans-Pacific cable terminating in Seattle. I suspect that the new cable is terminating in Portland in order to further their plan of creating a trans-Pacific mesh network.
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
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There are already 4 cables that land at Nedonna Beach - 1 transpacific, 1 to Hawaii, 1 to Alaska and one to California. There's an existing right of way to a big switching center in Hillsoboro, and Verizon already has alot of infrastructure in the area.
The ironic thing is, the right of way goes right through my neighborhood; 100's of Gbps flow through here, and none of us can get DSL from Verizon! I'm surpirsied no one's had a backhoe "accident" out of spite! |
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Epikos
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Portland, OR
| That's really interesting. How did you find out about the backbone in your area, or the switching center in Hillsboro? Is there a map or something of where this stuff is? I'd love to read about the various locations and such.
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oregonmatt
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Hillsboro, OR
| Info here:
»www.potb.org/fiber-optic.htm
The Tillamook Railroad right-of-way extends all the way to Hillsboro, but there's no map or mention in these pages of where the switching station is. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR | reply to Epikos
»www.eyeball-series.org/cablew-eyeball.htm
Tyco has a facility east of Corneilius Pass on Evergreen. |
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