On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:06 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across > > town becomes cost effective when compared to running gigabit > > to the other end of your server room/cage/whatever. > > You show me the ISP with the majority of their userbase located > at the other end of their server room, and I'll concede the argument. > > Last time I looked the eyeballs were across town so I already have > to deliver my gigabit feed across town. My theory is that you can > achieve some scaling advantages by delivering it from multiple locations > instead of concentrating one end of that gigabit feed in a big blob > data center where the cooling systems will fail within an hour or two > of a major power systems failure.
That would be a choice for most of us. -M<
