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On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why can't some techies get together and prove this, and publicise it? > > "When most of the long haul and medium haul fiber was laid, they > didn't just bury what they needed, they buried a bunch of it. However > most was never connected to equipment (lit up). > This dark fiber is still sitting in trenches and conduits (many were > taxpayer funded) running along a huge number of US superhighways, and > has not seen a single byte of data. > This is mostly because having additional capacity would remove the > artifical limits, increase the supply and cause prices for internet > access to drop. > While some companies have problems with "the last mile" (to the home), > companies that ran fiber to the home like Verizon, are still > attempting to limit bandwidth and create artifical shortages." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
