Smee
| reply to doesnt matter
Re: Bandwidth caps?
I am another that will also drop AT&T and possibly POTS as well if they decide to place usage caps. I don't want to worry that one day I might go over. Besides, this has nothing to do with AT&T trying to compensate for over use. It is more along the lines that new subscriber growth is down and they need a new revenue stream. It also stands to reason that in a battered economy, the may see a subscriber decline. Bad news for us all.
I think that AT&T should consider what they are doing carefully because all they will do is alienate users. It's not like they are the only DSL provider in my area. There are dozens if you look around in most areas.
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Mizzat
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join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA | said by Smee :
Besides, this has nothing to do with AT&T trying to compensate for over use.
I don't believe that after reading usage charts of their backbone over the past couple years. |
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bell insider
join:2008-10-09
| said by Mizzat  :said by Smee :
Besides, this has nothing to do with AT&T trying to compensate for over use.
I don't believe that after reading usage charts of their backbone over the past couple years. As personal bandwidth increases, Bell is beginning to see the problems inherent to the marketing... The network can not handle the growth, at this rate, without expending 100's of millions of $$ made to pay for the initial equipment purchased to make this possible.... OC192 backbone just can not double without new equipment !! |
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Mizzat
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join:2003-05-03
Atlanta, GA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by bell insider :said by Mizzat :said by Smee :
Besides, this has nothing to do with AT&T trying to compensate for over use.
I don't believe that after reading usage charts of their backbone over the past couple years. As personal bandwidth increases, Bell is beginning to see the problems inherent to the marketing... The network can not handle the growth, at this rate, without expending 100's of millions of $$ made to pay for the initial equipment purchased to make this possible.... OC192 backbone just can not double without new equipment !! They have OC768 now, some links are still OC192, though. |
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Airwolf7
Premium
join:2004-12-12
Franklin, KY
·AT&T Southeast
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AT&T bumps its entire U.S. MPLS backbone speed up to 40 Gbps. Initial capacity jump presages future move to 100 Gbps.
"Here’s one that slipped through the cracks among all the M&A activity and FCC edicts this month; AT&T recently announced the completion of an upgrade to its U.S. core IP/MPLS backbone network, raising its per-wavelength capacity to SONET OC-768. That’s 40 Gbps, across more than 80,000 lit wavelength-miles of fiber, according to AT&T, though, given the carrier’s four-fiber routes, that number might come down to 20,000 route miles of 40 Gbps ultra long-haul DWDM—the largest such deployment in the world. This backbone is the transport foundation for all of AT&T’s Internet and IP services, wireline and wireless, for both consumer and business customers."
Read entire acticle here AT&T bumps U.S. MPLS backbone speed up to 40 Gbps from telecommagazine.com.
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bell insider
join:2008-10-09
| Yes, you are correct when considering the toll or NAP.. However, there are different backbones that make up the whole..
As for instance, OC192 was the SBC data backbone feeding into Telco... Because of the FCC regulation on SBC in order to begin talks, and complete the Ameritech acquisition.. Basically, SBC had to split off its data side as a CLEC under the SBC umbrella.. We had to "compete" and "operate" in the DSL market just Covad or any other...
Given that Data came after DT, it is safe to assume, to a degree, they are still separate on a level. |
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bamp
@bellsouth.net | reply to signmeuptoo
bump
bump |
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rahlquist
Redeye
join:2001-10-30
Villa Rica, GA | And what was the bump for, is it a hint? |
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