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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Constantine A. Murenin)
Fri Jun 26 15:10:56 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BLU180-W7B77411C6996C4AAAAC66C9AD0@phx.gbl>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:59:42 -0700
From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com>
To: Hank Disuko <gourmetcisco@hotmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 26 June 2015 at 11:04, Hank Disuko <gourmetcisco@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Bell Canada is apparently gearing up to provide the good people of Toront=
o with the World's Fastest Internet=E2=84=A2.
> http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/06/25/bell-canada-to-give-toro=
nto-worlds-fastest-internet.html
Only 1Gbps?!
LOL, but US Internet offers 10Gbps!
http://fiber.usinternet.com/plans-and-prices/
https://lobste.rs/s/mv7bzs/us_internet_to_offer_higher-speed_10gbps_con=
nections_in_minneapolis_for_400_usd
Yes, residential; yes, 10000Mbps; yes, only 399,00 USD/mo, which
amounts to 39 bucks per gigabit.
Bell's 1Gbps is by no means the world's fastest internet.
Not even in Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/small-alberta-town-gets-massive-1-000=
-mbps-broadband-boost-1.1382428
http://montrealgazette.com/technology/canada-can-learn-from-olds-ab-the=
-city-with-the-fastest-internet-speed
>>>> While homes in cities like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto are toilin=
g with maximum speeds only up to 100 megabits per second, in Olds Alberta =
=E2=80=93 90 kilometres north of Calgary =E2=80=93 they have access to one =
Gigabit per second connections, and at the bargain basement rate of $57 per=
month, with no data caps.
Also, is Bell any different from AT&T and Verizon in that it doesn't
peer with like anyone? Will most Canadian traffic still go through
Chicago or New York?
C.
