Seems hard to justify without government subsidies for rural broadband. ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Dan Hollis <goe...@sasami.anime.net> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2019 9:36 PM To: Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> Cc: Nanog@nanog.org <Nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: New Alaskan Network
The verge is garbage. That is all. -Dan On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, Keith Medcalf wrote: > > Bwahahahaha! > > It is internally inconsistent. Perhaps this is just shoddy reporting, > or perhaps the whole thing is just someone's idea of a wet dream. > > "The line will begin in North Pole, Alaska and will travel through > Canada, connecting with Canadian carriers, where it will finally connect > with “any major hub” in the US" > > "According to the press release, only internet traffic that both > originates and terminates in the US will be carried over the network." > > Questions: > > (1) Why interconnect with Canadian Carriers at all? > (2) "Any major hub"? > (3) Only traffic originated and terminated in the US. > > Given (3) then (1) is a useless waste of money. > Given (2) it would appear that this is a "fibre to nowhere" > Given (3) it would not provide access to the Internet > > -- > The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven > says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> On Behalf Of Rod Beck >> Sent: Friday, 25 October, 2019 11:57 >> To: Nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: New Alaskan Network >> >> Unusual in that it will traverse Canada to reach the lower 48. >> >> >> https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525866/alaska-fiber-optic-network- >> cable-continental-us-100-terabit >> >> > <https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525866/alaska-fiber-optic-network- >> cable-continental-us-100-terabit> >> Alaska will connect to the rest of the US via a 100-terabit fiber optic >> network - The Verge <https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525866/alaska- >> fiber-optic-network-cable-continental-us-100-terabit> >> MTA Fiber Holdings announced today that it would build the "first and >> only all-terrestrial" fiber optic network running from Alaska and into >> the Lower 48. The line will begin in North Pole, Alaska ... >> www.theverge.com<http://www.theverge.com> >> >> >> >> Roderick Beck >> >> VP of Business Development >> >> United Cable Company >> >> www.unitedcablecompany.com<http://www.unitedcablecompany.com> >> <http://www.unitedcablecompany.com> >> >> New York City & Budapest >> >> >> rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com >> >> 36-70-605-5144 >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >