TScheisskopf
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May 6th, @10:44AM
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Re: North Carolina
Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. You can bet some pointy-haired accountant has massaged numbers and concluded that:
1. Most users don't know what "upstream" is.
2. They would not make their investment back in one month or less. Preferably less.
3. #2 means that stockholders and Wall Street analysts would get a load in their dydies and we can't be having that. |
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firewire9999
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Livonia, MI | Sounds like were crossed over to the DILBERT zone. |
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TScheisskopf
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join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
·Sprint Broadband D..
| Part of the problem is that it seems that stockholders and Wall Street analysts seem to be hyperactive children and don't understand that in a properly-functioning capitalist system, reinvestment of profits in infrastructure upgrades, both private and civil, is how the economy maintains robust health.
Of course, perusing the economy today, the above might answer some questions. |
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espaeth
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Minneapolis, MN
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said by TScheisskopf  :Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. Technically speaking, bumping upload speeds would require upgrades in the plant itself by either doing node splits or frequency adds. The backhaul is symmetrical and would have more than enough capacity already. |
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MattE
Obama '08
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| said by espaeth :said by TScheisskopf :Well, bumping upload speeds would require them to upgrade their backhaul infrastructure which would mean investment in that infrastructure. Technically speaking, bumping upload speeds would require upgrades in the plant itself by either doing node splits or frequency adds. The backhaul is symmetrical and would have more than enough capacity already. Yep, I know their backhaul out of the Triad is a SONET OC-48 RING (2 x 2.4Gbps) which connects to Raleigh and Charlotte. They were testing a DWDM 10x10Gig link to Charlotte the last time I toured their RDC. |
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