The primary difference between I2 and I1 is that I2 was built on optical circuits from the ground up, whilst I1 still relies on a lot of copper for its backbones.
I2, while you may not currently realize it's potential, is already cheaper to upgrade its switches (upgrading an optical switch or mux is far cheaper than converting from copper to fibre), and it's far more robust due to the redundancy of OC-X connections.
When comparing networks, you need to look further than just how fast you can download.
All is well in Puget Sound. You could hear the sounds of rebooting in Redmond miles away.
Even though they cancelled the Space Needle party, the crowd in Pioneer Square just outside Zazu was an acceptable substitute. (not to mention the 3 or 4 SPD officers stationed just outside each bar)
The funny thing was, since there wasnt a giant clock to watch, you had this huge mob of people standing around looking at the their watches/pagers/cell phones, waiting for the big moment.
As far as rioting goes -- there wasn't any at all where I was. The only injury I sustained was getting stuck in the leg by some guy's lit cigar.
If you look here, they at least give some hints on how to re-install lilo to get at your linux partition. It's not extremely helpful, but at least it's there.
I think if the day after a nuclear exchange you're worried about whether or not you're going to be able to read your email, then today's society's priorities are more than slightly skewed.
I wouldnt really call that a "replacement".. I doubt Prowse was really suitable for a speaking (gasping) part. Lucas needed an old fogie like Shaw. Why would Prowse be pissed because they used another actor for that particular scene? Do you think Ray Park was pissed that they used a voice over instead of his voice?
Well if Africa was a perfect circle, and let's say its diameter is 4800 miles, then the circumference would be 15,000 miles. But, Africa isnt perfectly round, and im sure the cabling wont stay at the exact same elevation all the way around. Lastly, it doesnt quite hug the coast -- from the map it looks like its being seated a ways out into the ocean.
Yeah, 24k would be a pretty accurate measurement. Besides, it's better to predict too much than too little.
And how can you be complaining about bandwidth? You have fibre running circles around your city. It's your local phone co. that blows, not the backbone.
Well if Africa was a perfect circle, and let's say its diameter is 4800 miles, then the circumference would be 15,000 miles. But, Africa isnt perfectly round, and im sure the cabling wont stay at the exact same elevation all the way around. Lastly, it doesnt quite hug the coast -- from the map it looks like its being seated a ways out into the ocean.
Yeah, 24k would be a pretty accurate measurement. Besides, it's better to predict too much than too little.
And how can you be complaining about bandwidth? You have fibre running circles around your city. It's your local phone co. that blows, not the backbone.
Well, what happens is you actually have multiple strings of physical fibre at each segment. If there's a break somewhere, the multiplexers at each node are intelligent enough to detect the break and reroute. Even if you have a complete cut (backhoe, submarine, bomb, etc) at one side, data can be routed around the other side of the ring. SONET was designed to be redundant like that.
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The primary difference between I2 and I1 is that I2 was built on optical circuits from the ground up, whilst I1 still relies on a lot of copper for its backbones.
I2, while you may not currently realize it's potential, is already cheaper to upgrade its switches (upgrading an optical switch or mux is far cheaper than converting from copper to fibre), and it's far more robust due to the redundancy of OC-X connections.
When comparing networks, you need to look further than just how fast you can download.
Last I heard, the backbones in California and somewhere else in the east coast (probably Maryland) are OC-192's, which is around 10Gb/s.
Of course, individual institutions won't realize all of that pipe, but it gives you an idea how much there is to grow into.
Sounds like you'd freak out if someone left out the "-" in anal-retentive.
All is well in Puget Sound. You could hear the sounds of rebooting in Redmond miles away.
Even though they cancelled the Space Needle party, the crowd in Pioneer Square just outside Zazu was an acceptable substitute. (not to mention the 3 or 4 SPD officers stationed just outside each bar)
The funny thing was, since there wasnt a giant clock to watch, you had this huge mob of people standing around looking at the their watches/pagers/cell phones, waiting for the big moment.
As far as rioting goes -- there wasn't any at all where I was. The only injury I sustained was getting stuck in the leg by some guy's lit cigar.
If you look here, they at least give some hints on how to re-install lilo to get at your linux partition. It's not extremely helpful, but at least it's there.
Funny how they didnt complain about the 30-year old networking protocol that they prefer to use.
(pssst.. Ethernet)
I think if the day after a nuclear exchange you're worried about whether or not you're going to be able to read your email, then today's society's priorities are more than slightly skewed.
Sure is nice to see a techie conversation that doesnt revolve around who's OS sucks more.
I wouldnt really call that a "replacement".. I doubt Prowse was really suitable for a speaking (gasping) part. Lucas needed an old fogie like
Shaw. Why would Prowse be pissed because they used another actor for that particular scene?
Do you think Ray Park was pissed that they used a voice over instead of his voice?
Obviously you've never seen any of Alec's other movies or else you'd know how low he stooped to deliver most of his lines in Star Wars.
And who did Prowse get replaced by? He's in the credits in all three movies as Darth's body.
80Gbit doesnt mean you have all 80Gbit piped right into your house/dormroom/basement.
It just means that T1s and T3s will be provisioned much much cheaper, and your system surely can handle 1.5Mb or 45Mb easily.
Well if Africa was a perfect circle, and let's say its diameter is 4800 miles, then the circumference would be 15,000 miles. But, Africa isnt perfectly round, and im sure the cabling wont stay at the exact same elevation all the way around.
Lastly, it doesnt quite hug the coast -- from the map it looks like its being seated a ways out into the ocean.
Yeah, 24k would be a pretty accurate measurement.
Besides, it's better to predict too much than too little.
And how can you be complaining about bandwidth?
You have fibre running circles around your city.
It's your local phone co. that blows, not the backbone.
Well if Africa was a perfect circle, and let's say its diameter is 4800 miles, then the circumference would be 15,000 miles. But, Africa isnt perfectly round, and im sure the cabling wont stay at the exact same elevation all the way around.
Lastly, it doesnt quite hug the coast -- from the map it looks like its being seated a ways out into the ocean.
Yeah, 24k would be a pretty accurate measurement.
Besides, it's better to predict too much than too little.
And how can you be complaining about bandwidth?
You have fibre running circles around your city.
It's your local phone co. that blows, not the backbone.
Well, what happens is you actually have multiple strings of physical fibre at each segment.
If there's a break somewhere, the multiplexers at each node are intelligent enough to detect the break and reroute. Even if you have a complete cut (backhoe, submarine, bomb, etc) at one side, data can be routed around the other side of the ring. SONET was designed to be redundant like that.
Do you think vmware will port to it?
"I'm so tired from emulating NT all day today. I think im gonna crash."