 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
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Re: Good said by DarkLogix:run 1,000 10G fiber ethernet cables to every town (setup into a nationwide mesh topology with regional transit sites This already exists -- they're called backbone carriers. Only it's not 10G, it's multiple of 40G/100G.
said by DarkLogix:setup a CRS-1 in each town to make use of the 10TB/sec of data • The CRS is a platform designed for aggregation of high capacity / channelized circuits. The queuing structure on the platform is designed for carrier MPLS services and core routing functionality. It doesn't have the port capacity even in a separated multi-chassis configuration with the intermediate S2 stage fiber shelf to tackle even 1% of the edge attachment you describe.
• The CRS is a power hungry platform that generates insane amounts of heat. If we didn't have an energy crisis before, deploying an army of these will help us down that path as we struggle to find ways to both power and cool the infrastructure.
• Each CRS shelf rolls in at low 7 figures when fully configured.
It's not even close to being the right hardware for the job. It would be like assembling a football team of only quaterbacks, or fighting a war with no army, no navy, and no air force except an entire fleet of B2 bombers.
On the plus side, this has all the things we love about government programs: it would be ridiculously expensive, would fail to meet its overall objectives by being the wrong solution to the problem, and would create a long-term burden for maintaining the infrastructure once you've locked yourself into this design. |
