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Re: AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:40:09 -0700
________________________________________ From: Patrick W. Gilmore [patrick () ianai net] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:11 PM To: David Farber Cc: Patrick W. Gilmore Subject: Re: [IP] AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010
"In three years' time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today." Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T.
The largest link currently available anywhere is 40 Gbps. The Internet is more than 800 Gbps (20 x 40 Gbps). There are individual networks pushing more traffic than that today. The IEEE & industry is trying to finish the 100 Gbps ethernet standard. Current estimates are 2010 for general availability. Even assuming we could get 100 Gbps to the home at the same time we get it into the core, which is obviously impossible, there is still more than 2 Tbps of traffic on the network today. This is not FUD. There is no fear, uncertainty, or doubt about Mr. Cicconi's statement. Anyone with even a modicum of understanding about the Internet knows his statements are so far off they're not even wrong. -- TTFN, patrick ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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