Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> Now if any of you guys have a lead on an affordable way to get 225 40GigE's
> from here to someplace that can *take* 225 40Gig-E's... ;)

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EPO0611.pdf
  It does not cost all that much, relatively, to upgrade a network once
  the basic wiring is in place . that.s the big original cost. For
  example, a university campus in the Midwest that serves 14,000 students
  and faculty, recently estimated it would cost about $150 per port (per
  end user) to replicate their current 100 Mbps network for a five year
  period, or about $30 a year per user. To upgrade to 1000 Mbps (1
  gigabit) it would cost $250, or about $50 per year. University campuses
  are like small towns or suburban neighborhoods. Once cable companies
  and companies like Verizon make their initial fiber investment, the
  relative cost of upgrading bandwidth to customers is small.