Re: Calgary <-> Toronto 100% Canadian Fibre Resiliency on failover

[Jacques Latour <Jacques.Latour () cira ca>]

JF, c¹est bon ça!

This is good point JF, according to
http://www.acwr.com/economic-development/rail-maps/canadian-national we
seem to have a single rail on top of Lac Superior. Other than that, it¹s
diverse. Is there diverse train routes and associated fibre routes? Which
provider follow CP and CN??

Jacques


On 2017-10-11, 3:04 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Jean-Francois Mezei"
<nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca> wrote:

> On 2017-10-11 11:40, Jacques Latour wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there's fibre resiliency between Calgary and
> > Toronto over the Great lakes, I thinking redundancy could be achieved by
> > using two paths one following the railroad and the other following the
> > Trans-Canadian highway.  Does anyone know if there is fibre following
> > the Trans-Canadian highway and who owns it?
>
>
> More than likely one around lake Superior on CP Rail tracks, and the
> other along the CN tracks further north.
>
> Zayo in Canada is formerly CNCP telecommunications, and they are likely
> first to have fibre along tracks.
>
> Since the Trans Canada highway in that part of Ontario is actually a 2
> lane rural road, I am not sure people would have laid fibre along it
> knowing the progressive work to widen it might require frequent
> relocation of the fibre.