[9172] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Coincidence...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@isi.edu)
Wed May 7 17:16:21 1997
From: bmanning@isi.edu
To: avg@pluris.com (Vadim Antonov)
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 13:53:12 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199705072051.NAA02750@quest.pluris.com> from "Vadim Antonov" at May 7, 97 01:51:10 pm
> Yep. So far the only realistic way to move massive amounts of
> long-distance traffic is fiber.
>
> >And then there is all that PSTN infrastructure that will
> >have to be replaced...
>
> Yep. It's only money. They already have rights of way.
Ah... but do they have -all- the rights of way & fiber?
Are there alternatives to fiber? Those are the 64ruble questions...
If they do, and no alternatives, then a terabit router is worthless.
I can't get the infrastructure to support it. If the PSTN is the
only game in town, then its ATM or nothing.. and ATM won't cut it
at those rates.
--bill
