Re: virginia beach

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

Seems logically similar to the reason why there are landing stations, but
no noteworthy datacenters on the Oregon coast. Everything goes in various
ring topology paths to Hillsboro/Portland. And routes that go more directly
east to meet the fiber huts on long haul routes Portland-Sacramento.




On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 1:51 PM Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr () 757 org> wrote:

> > hey there,
> > we've put together a blog post about Virginia beach developments and how
> it can reshape some of the ways we
> > have been designing our networks.
> > https://www.infrapedia.com/post/virginia-beach-a-new-hub-is-born
> > Mehmet
>
> Ex-757'er (757 = Virginia Beach.)
>
> Dead area tech wise. Bad job prospects led the geeks to flee the area.
> Small lights out data centers to support a few undersea cables aren't
> going to change that. Those cables landing in VaBeach will have their
> traffic hauled to Northern Virginia -- where all the action is. It will
> do little to benefit the locals once the build out is done.
>
>             - Ethan O'Toole