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Re: Breaking point

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:27:11 EDT

brad posted :

said by RWSI:

With all the increases and very little transport upgrades between cities and towns built.

Huh? with a lot of providers already using DWDM and also upgrading to 100Gb Ethernet there isn't exactly a shortage of capacity with the existing fiber they're already using.

Re: Breaking point

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:03:04 EDT

davidhoffman posted : There are research projects underway that may allow up to 99 more colors of laser light to be used in fiber optic systems. You could increase mainline data transport by 100 times today's capabilities. You have to build bigger laser facilities, but the bulk of the fiber strands already in place could handle the increased load. Very little digging may be required to do this, if it gets out of the R&D phase.

Re: Breaking point

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:36:42 EDT

jjeffeory posted : Huh? Low cost?

You realize that there is a TON of unused fiber in the ground that was put there over a decade by companies such as WilTel ( who now do not exist but their assets were sold to others). There's no need for more cross country lines, there's a need for much more last mile fiber lines.

Re: Breaking point

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:57:51 EDT

tallguy11 posted : they can and will keep providing access at a reasonable cost.. the average customer isn't gonna spend more that 150 on cable/internet combined.. and for the bandwidth issue they dont have to bury new fiber just gotta upgrade the equipment on each end of it.. that's the great part about fiber u dont have to replace it.

Breaking point

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:45:41 EDT

RWSI posted : I wonder where the breaking point of all the access to bandwidth is?

With all the increases and very little transport upgrades between cities and towns built.

I know all the costs to access fiber optics are going down but somewhere somehow
there has to be a realization more cross country lines will be needed.

The consumer will eventually have to pay more to have the bandwidth so operators
can bury new fiber.

Internet service providers cannot keep giving away low cost access for ever.