Cogent, for example, openly advertises 680G lit capacity for its intercity links; I have not idea if that's just marketing or not.
Perhaps some people on list who work for these providers can provide some data. On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Anurag Bhatia <m...@anuragbhatia.com> wrote: > Hello Ray > > You are refering to dark fiber capacity or is that lit capacity and > already in use? > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> wrote: > >> Well, those are the numbers we can see from a single transceiver (right >> now >> mostly 10G and some 40G right now, and 100G on its way); but most of the >> big players are using multiples of these with DWDM and link aggregation. >> I'd say the actual numbers are closer to 680G average right now, per >> path. >> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Justin M. Streiner < >> strei...@cluebyfour.org> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Anurag Bhatia wrote: >> > >> > Just curious to know at what bandwidth big ISP's like AT&T, Verizon, >> >> Level3, Cogent etc are operating? Are all at or above 40Gbps core >> >> bandwidth? >> >> >> > >> > Probably a mix of 10G, 40G and 100G as appropriate. By 2014, that might >> > tilt more heavily toward 40G and 100G. From what I've seen, most >> peering >> > connections at public IXPs are one or more 10G links. Private peering >> > connections could certainly be higher, if the providers at both ends >> feel >> > it makes good business sense. >> > >> > jms >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Can internet in USA support that? Call of Duty 15 releases may 2014 >> >>>> and 30 million gamers start downloading a 20 GB files. Would the >> >>>> internet collapse like a house of cards?. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> not a problem. the vast majority of the states is like a developing >> >>> country [0], the last mile is pretty much a tin can and a string. so >> >>> this will effectively throttle the load. >> >>> >> >>> randy >> >>> >> >>> [0] - no insult to the dev cons intended >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Anurag Bhatia >> >> anuragbhatia.com >> >> or simply - http://[2001:470:26:78f::5] if you are on IPv6 connected >> >> network! >> >> >> >> Twitter: @anurag_bhatia <https://twitter.com/#!/**anurag_bhatia< >> https://twitter.com/#!/anurag_bhatia> >> >> > >> >> Linkedin: http://linkedin.anuragbhatia.**com< >> http://linkedin.anuragbhatia.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Ray Soucy >> >> Epic Communications Specialist >> >> Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 >> >> Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System >> http://www.networkmaine.net/ >> > > > > -- > > Anurag Bhatia > anuragbhatia.com > or simply - http://[2001:470:26:78f::5] if you are on IPv6 connected > network! > > Twitter: @anurag_bhatia <https://twitter.com/#!/anurag_bhatia> > Linkedin: http://linkedin.anuragbhatia.com > > -- Ray Soucy Epic Communications Specialist Phone: +1 (207) 561-3526 Networkmaine, a Unit of the University of Maine System http://www.networkmaine.net/