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Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:06:09 -0500
Tim Franklin wrote:
For the UK (and NL), on the tech side we're seeing some success with EFM on copper, in this particular case on an Actelis platform. It's a new unit in the CO, from 1-8 pairs from the CO to the customer premises, up toa total bandwidth across all pairs of 40Mb/s in each direction. (Admittedly 40Mb/s is 8 pairs at something like 1km from the exchange, butI'm seeing some useful 6-10M symmetric services on 4 or so pairs).
<snip>Errr, 8 pairs per customer? Even 4 is a step backwards. If we're going to do construction at that level, might as well drop in fiber. We're still enjoying the fact that ADSL runs on 1/2 a pair while the customer's phone service is out.
Jack
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