Dan,
Those are very interesting numbers.
70-80% uptime means that you cannot get a connection between 73 and
110 days per year! And at even 95% you speak of downtime of more than
18 days per year!
I don't have figures from Denmark where I live, but my experience
with ADSL where I live is that within the past 3-4 years I have
noticed two network breakdowns amounting to 45 minutes and one day of
local downtime at my place because of a broken ADSL-Modem. They
should have supplied me with an extra, should they!
I am certain that there would be an outcry if we reached those levels
of downtime here, and that goes for both ADSL and cable modems.
I have not been able to find the hearing transcripts that you refer
to, and am very interested to read them. Google is sometimes a far
too generous friend ;-) could you find the links in your browser
history?
Kind regards,
Kim
Den 22. okt 2005 kl. 19.37 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'll betcha there are hours and hours of outtages you just haven't
noticed.
Excluding major natural catastrophies, POTS systems provide, by
nationwide average, 99.99% uptime. They actually do 5-nines
(99.999%) in many areas (a bit over 5 minutes of downtime per
year). #1 outtage cause: Vandalism - people taking hatchets to
cables etc.
xDSL has yet to get over 95%.
And cable modem systems are in the 70 to 80% range.
Due to the higher dependance on IP networks (especially for VoIP),
the Bells and Cables are supposedly working hard to improve these
numbers. Since they've been dragging their feet, their hands may
be forced by FCC rulemaking over the next year or two.
IMO, the Bells have a much easier task because most of their
outtages are last mile. The Cables have serious infrastructure
issues.
Source: FCC hearing transcripts; google is your friend.
FWIW,
- Dan.
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