RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] centurytel buys another optical network...

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Raw bandwidth is great but the majority of people are wasting most of what
they have. Any LAN or ISP that isn't making it's users use a proxy server
is just throwing away money. Since most of us use the same resources and
mostly through FTP/HTTP then you can gretly boost your percieved bandwidth
to the rest of the world with a nice cache'n proxy with lots of ram and
hdd space. If you're connected to a gigabit ethernet network of any decent
size then it shouldn't be unlikely that what you want is already cached.
If not you can easily set up a script to pre-cache desirable files when
bandwidth usage is down. Even for my home LAN the difference in speed is
dramatic. Everything from web browsing to system updates are pretty
snappy. Of course for a frag fest or coed nekkid webcams raw bandwidth is
still great. :)


Peace, Love, Linux

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org/projects/

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Roberts, Michael J. (IATS) wrote:

> I doubt it.  I bet CenturyTel bought this network to make more money
> through leasing wavelengths and/or dark fiber to large customers that
> want to run their own ring, not to provide more bandwidth to the average
> xDSL user like our selves.
>
> A good question to ask CenturyTel is how large of a connection do they
> have provisioned for commodity internet access for the Columbia, MO ADSL
> customers.
>
> For example, a super fast gigabit ethernet LAN is really nice, but if
> you are accessing resources outside your LAN, you are only as fast as
> your slowest link, which in most people's cases is their commodity
> Internet connection or a WAN link.  Eventhough CenturyTel is a major
> telco, they still have to link into a major backbone or larger provider.
> Those interfaces cost an unbelievable amount of money.  Shannon could
> give you some more insight there.
>
> -mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: King, Jonathan W.
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 3:23 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] centurytel buys another optical network...
>
>
>
> http://www.columbiatribune.com/2003/Feb/20030214Busi005.asp
>
> >CenturyTel to buy Digital Teleport of St. Louis
> >Published Friday, February 14, 2003
> >
> >MONROE, La. (AP) - Rural telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc.
> >won
> >a bid yesterday to acquire the fiber-optic network and customer
> contracts
> >of St. Louis-based Digital Teleport Inc. for $38 million.
>
> [snip]
>
> >Digital Teleport has a fiber-optic network spanning 5,700 miles across
> >more rural areas of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
> Nebraska,
> >Oklahoma and Tennessee.
>
> So does anybody know about these guys?  Is this going to improve our
> local bandwidth situation any in the near-term?  Given CenturyTel's
> markets, it's pretty easy to see why this was so attractive.
>
> jking
>
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