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Linky.
Looks to me to be basically about hugely greater throughput on backbones/backhaul, but that has to be good for future costs and services. For example Netflix Ultra-HD (4K?) as mentioned in the video in that link.
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Edited by RobertoS (Wed 22-Jan-14 13:42:35)
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Given the number of hosting solutions still only offering 100 Mbps then this is much more about shifting last uncompressed video data or large intercontinental links.
Hence why I read it, and did not run it in the news, i.e. more about hosting/peering than consumer broadband
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Yep - I fully agree. It isn't going to go (directly) consumer-side.
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It isn't going to go (directly) consumer-side.
Yes think if it was!! The mind boggles!
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The test was conducted on a 410km (255-mile) link between the BT Tower in central London and Ipswich.
Now I'm positive Ipswich is much less than 255 miles from London, so someone doesn't know their geography!
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Correct. 255 miles puts you somewhere on the Scottish border! Ipswich is some 80 miles.
Mind you...if their fibre routing is anything like some of their telephone lines....
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It's probably double-Dutch and went across the North Sea a few times 
Tony
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Correct. 255 miles puts you somewhere on the Scottish border! Ipswich is some 80 miles.
Mind you...if their fibre routing is anything like some of their telephone lines....
Yes indeed, it doesn't say it's a direct link  
Alastair
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The test was conducted on a 410km (255-mile) link between the BT Tower in central London and Ipswich.
Now I'm positive Ipswich is much less than 255 miles from London, so someone doesn't know their geography!
It was probably routed "the long way" to be able to do some testing on a typical installation length.
BT has fibre from Adastral Park to BT Tower, some will be as direct as possible and others may route via Birmingham or Coventry to get Network Diversity.
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this is about backbone capacity not end user broadband.
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I assume you have some confirmation of that from somewhere, or are you just surmising so, as I did in the OP which is what you've replied to  ? Then stated, in my second post.
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Connection - Plusnet UnLim Fibre (FTTC). Sync ~ 59.4/14.4Mbps @ 600m. - BQM
"Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant." - Jean-Antoine Petit-Senn.
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Edited by RobertoS (Wed 22-Jan-14 21:09:15)
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I learned it from reading the article.
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Correct. 255 miles puts you somewhere on the Scottish border! Ipswich is some 80 miles.
Mind you...if their fibre routing is anything like some of their telephone lines....
Ipswich is 80-odd miles, while the Scottish border is some 300 or more miles. 248 to Darlington.
It probably went round the M25 twice before it spotted the correct exit.
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It isn't going to go (directly) consumer-side.
Yes think if it was!! The mind boggles!
Dear ISP, yet again my download has dropped to just 1Tb/s, I'm paying for 1.4...
LOL!
Edited by deleted (Mon 03-Feb-14 10:36:21)
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