On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:24:05AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: > Doesn't the USA have a glut of fibre at the moment? I thought that was > a major contributor to the downfall of all those telco/ISP startups in > the last 2 years. Or is the glut all in trunk lines between cities. I > gather this is mostly at distribution level.
Yes, that is correct, there is a lot of dark fiber in the ground. But lighting it up is quite expensive. Dark fiber does NOT equal excess bandwidth ready to be used. > So Erik, you gonna go down and check out their handiwork after they're > finished? :-) Wasn't planning on it, I work in components, not cables. By the way, that article is more than 2 years old. I remember reading about fibers in sewers years ago. I didn't hear about it again -- I don't know if they followed through with the idea. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
