[161157] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 10 Mbit/s problem in your network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Wed Feb 27 10:39:59 2013
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:39:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>
> Sad as we all know the main cost for 1g to a site is in the optics
> (well actually the fiber build... But after that, it costs almost
> nothing to light it at 1g). A pair of 20km optics is about $250.
I see that assertion a lot, and I want to correct it.
The major cost, MRC, is *the router port*; I don't know what the 95%ile
BW for a major hotel is going to be over a month, but I suspect that
you're gonna need the whole 1Gb/s worth of port to handle the peaks.
And those aren't exactly cheap -- though, by "daily commercial hotel
revenue" standards, I suppose they're not *that* expensive; what kind
of margins do hotels make?
Cheers,
-- jra
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