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Ethernet won (was: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband...)
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:20:32 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, andrew2 () one net wrote:
Sure, as long as you're willing to fork over the cash for CPE capable of handling OC-XX linecards. The service cost is hardly the only cost associated with buying that kind of bandwidth. It's amusing to me that we're worrying about FTTH when some of the largest carriers are still not capable of delivering ethernet handoffs in some of those same top 30 cities. Don't we need to get there first before we start wiring everyone's home with fiber and a small router with an SFP?
Bell Atlantic had ethernet access since the early 1990's, along with FDDI, SMDS, ATM, etc, etc, etc and whatever else various government agencies wanted to buy around Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC. Now AT&T, Qwest and Verizon have metro ethernet access tariffs in major cities in each of their territories. Ethernet seems to have won for data access
especially for 10Gbps and greater. If you've got the money, they've got the ethernet for you. Unfortunately, "I want it" isn't a good business case.
Current thread:
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd), (continued)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) David Lesher (Mar 14)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Marshall Eubanks (Mar 14)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Alexander Harrowell (Mar 14)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) John Levine (Mar 14)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Sean Donelan (Mar 13)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Todd Vierling (Mar 13)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Todd Vierling (Mar 13)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Jack Bates (Mar 13)
- RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) andrew2 (Mar 13)
- RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Chris L. Morrow (Mar 13)
- Ethernet won (was: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband...) Sean Donelan (Mar 13)
- Re: Ethernet won (was: RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband...) Christian Kuhtz (Mar 13)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Chris L. Morrow (Mar 13)
- Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd) Chris L. Morrow (Mar 13)