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RE: Fiber cut in SF area
From: David Barak <thegameiam () yahoo com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:35:12 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Mon, 4/13/09, chris.ranch () nokia com <chris.ranch () nokia com> wrote:
From: Peter Beckman Subject: RE: Fiber cut in SF area Total cost...is about $3000 per mile forequipment
I get the feeling you haven't deployed or operated large networks. You never did say what the multiplier was. How many miles or detection nodes there were. Think millions. The number that popped into my head when thinking of active detection measures for the physical network is $billions.
AT&T: 888,000 route miles(1). Verizon: 485,000 route miles(2). If we assume that 1/4 of AT&T and Verizon's route-miles are in the US(3), this would mean a capital expense of $666M and $364M respectively, not including any costs incurred for maintenance, monitoring, repair, false positive etc. In addition, as has been noted, this system wouldn't PREVENT a failure, it would just give you some warning that a failure may be coming, probably by a matter of minutes. In the words of Randy Bush, "I encourage my competitors to do this." David Barak Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: http://www.listentothefranchise.com 1) http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26554 2) http://mediumbusiness.verizon.com/about/network.aspx 3) I believe this to be an underestimate.
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- Re: Fiber cut in SF area, (continued)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Mike Lyon (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jorge Amodio (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Roy (Apr 11)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Carlos Alcantar (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Roger Marquis (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Joel Jaeggli (Apr 11)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Scott Weeks (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Beckman (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Crist Clark (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Beckman (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Beckman (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area David Barak (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Nathan Ward (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jack Bates (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area telmnstr (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jack Bates (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Daryl G. Jurbala (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Nathan Ward (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Jared Mauch (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Lothberg (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area bmanning (Apr 13)