Something interesting for you all to know =)

[Simon]

Did you know that the entire europe and etc.. are all mostly connected to major backbones through high profile fiber optic lines that are wired there through the Atlantic? It goes through the ocean floor all across europe... I find this amazing really... =)

think about it... some phsyco does a deep sea diving and decides to chop the cable ... most of you in europe would really be screwed =))).....

Then ofcourse, it is most likely very protected but you just never know....

[ProgGod]

Actually a few years back, a trolling boat scrapped the cable and cut it.. Leaving europe only connected by satellites for some time http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[e-van]

Did you know that down here in Mex. we have a phone line hooked to an AOL account in Brownsville, TX. and we use a 286 IBM PC, 16 megs RAM, to share the connection?

at least, that's how the connection feels right now,couldn't do a damn thing today,it really sucks http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/frown.gif


Now, on Simon's post, its almost scary, even though there are always back ups and most of the internet can be re-routed, the level of physical development the net has around the world still hasn't caught up with the level of the delivery technologies (i.e. streaming full movies to a PC in a few secs).

And what scares me the most, is that a rather serious biz is so volatile it can disapear with a couple of keystrokes, if some guy with a laptop and some knowledge wants to.

[evilcat]

Yes, That is really amazing they have such long cable lines that span the whole ocean..
I would think they transfer through satelittes,

very very fascinating, must take billions to make.

[Jon]

::Swims in the ocean::

: http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/redface.gifooooh ohhhh whats that?::

::Ooops I guessed I shouldn't have touched that::

LOL

Jon

[e-van]

Actually, a satellite is still less reliable than a wired connection, I've had some experience with satellite connection at my old school (we had 5 servers connected to the internet 24/7 using 3 full duplex antennas) the problem is that not all satellites are created equal and that not all places have good enough weather, believe me, when the hurricane hits (or Europe's winter snow storms) you are gonna be praying for a wired undersea connection, where the chances for a ship cutting it are a lot less than a 120 mph wind ripping off the heavy antenna (actually, we had to take them down)

[toker]

Most all the major lines in the US route along railroads to make use of pre existing routes to all major cities. I have worked with some fiber techs and its some big shit in the US if you were to cut them.

I think you would get the death penalty if you severed 1 of AOLs pipelines... http://bbs.adultwebmasterinfo.com/ubb/tongue.gif

If you cut each severed pipe could cost up to 1 million dollars or more to repair the amount of fibers inside. Each tiny fiber has to be traced by lazer and soldered and crimped indivdually at a rate of $800 per hour is the approx cost.

Figure each tech makes about $70 per hour and up they setup a small camp and work day and night on rotating shifts plus the cost of materials and telcos profit cut becomes TONS of money.

Now what you dont realize is each fiber has unlimited channels but merely limited by the spectrums of light frequencies and distance the light has to travel.

One day bandwidth will no longer be rated by Megs and Gigs but rather Terrabites and you think that its been a slow development thats simply not true.

They are comming out with faster and higher frequencies constantly and thats how we get more channels on the fibers which opens more bandwidth and allows more use from each.

Just think what would happen if they upped from 64 channels to 100 channels in 1 week and in another week 200 channels what provider could afford to keep up with that kind of upgrading.

[Simon]

They will never use satalites as the primary connection provider.
1) too expensive to develop and keep up.
2) some of the advantages that fiber optic lines offer will never be offered by satalite systems.. i doubt the speed will be anyfaster then the speed of light which fiber optic cables run at...

[blind]

For example.
Broadband cable will soon destroy companies like DirecTV, just like DSL and cable ruined DirecPC, DirecPC was just a little too late
=(

[e-van]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by blind:
For example.
Broadband cable will soon destroy companies like DirecTV, just like DSL and cable ruined DirecPC, DirecPC was just a little too late
=(</font>

I think that DirecPC still has a good market, specially outside the US. I'd kill anyone for a duplex direcPC or Starband connection, because I know that a reliable broadband connection (and cheap enough) is not going to be available here for the next 5 years, if you need a quote on prices, the fastest connection you can get in MX is a 2000 Kbps (microwave) and that one is sold for USD$29,000 a year, only in Mx City.
Now, thinking about it, A satellite connection can be hooked almost anywhere, and they run for $70 a month, a lot cheaper.