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Re: AT&T: 15 Mbps Internet connections "irrelevant"
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 15:22:15 -0500
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 08:34:36AM +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060331-6498.html "In the foreseeable future, having a 15 Mbps Internet capability is irrelevant because the backbone doesn't transport at those speeds," he told the conference attendees. Stephenson said that AT&T's field tests have shown "no discernable difference" between AT&T's 1.5 Mbps service and Comcast's 6 Mbps because the problem is not in the last mile but in the backbone."
No the problem is at AT&T's congested peering edge. :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)
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