Oh, so all the fault belongs to the financial institutions, and there is no corruption within the government agencies themselves. Right.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM, joel jaeggli <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: > On 1/30/13 6:33 AM, Jason Baugher wrote: > >> There is much talk of how many fibers can fit in a duct, can be brought >> into a colo space, etc... I haven't seen much mention of how much space >> the >> termination in the colo would take, such as splice trays, bulkheads, >> etc... >> Someone earlier mentioned being able to have millions of fibers coming >> through a vault, which is true assuming they are just passing through the >> vault. When you need to break into one of those 864-fiber cables, the room >> for splice cases suddenly becomes a problem. >> >> The other thing I find interesting about this entire thread is the >> assumption by most that a government entity would do a good job as a >> layer-1 or -2 provider and would be more efficient than a private company. >> Governments, including municipalities, are notorious for corruption, >> fraud, >> waste - you name it. Even when government bids out projects to the private >> sector these problems are seen. >> >> When a municipality issued a bond, bank of america and morgan stanley > (and bear stearns) conspired to rig the bidding. Something they paid not > insignficant fines over, though hardly enough to compensate the tax payers > or municipalities at that bought them at uncompetitive terms. >
