OC-48

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:52 pm

Check this out:
http://broadband-t1-t3-oc3.com/oc48.htm

*droooool* damn, i wonder how much that costs a month! I know what i want for my birthday.

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Roody · Post by **Roody** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:55 pm

yikes...!!! thats a gamers wet dream

sublime · Post by **sublime** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 2:03 pm

looks lovely... <wet dream> i love it </wet dream> hehee

HalfLifer · Post by **HalfLifer** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 2:45 pm

Infact, there are two OC-48's powering every major city with the @home service.

John · Post by **John** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 3:46 pm

Still will be limited to whatever the server on the other side is running on!

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 4:08 pm

I have also heard of an OC-96 but couldn't find much info on it.

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smaier69 · Post by **smaier69** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 4:21 pm

heh.... yeah, i know how you feel. though i dont think its actually used yet (not sure), there are specs for an OC-256 (13Gbps).

just for a frame of reference, a T-3 (45Mbps) would cost roughly $25,000 per month to lease. prices may have come down a bit since i looked into it, which was about 6 months ago, but it is still quite pricey i am sure.

here's a chart listing some different carrier speeds. http://eons.org/content.asp?LinkID=146&CatID=151&content=1

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TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 5:22 pm

FYI, most major dialup ISP's are using way less than an OC 48. I have a good friend that has a company that subcontracted for UU Net. Here's a page of his w/ pics of UU Net servers & fiber lines:
http://www.nutsandvolts.com/photos/dc/uunet/index.asp

HalfLifer · Post by **HalfLifer** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 5:51 pm

All of the orange stuff is fibre -- AOL just bought their 22'nd OC-12 from UUNet.

Go AOL! Or not...

balakov10 · Post by **balakov10** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 6:52 pm

OMG

I went to get a quote
Mr.. *********,

A flat rate OC-48 starts at $1,000000 per month depending on location and equipment. If this is
something you
would like to pursue further please let us know.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 7:29 pm

little expensive... they should offer it free to college students

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 7:30 pm

Daaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmnnnnnnn!

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HalfLifer · Post by **HalfLifer** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 7:53 pm

Imagine that, and you all complain @home doesnt buy enough.

balakov10 · Post by **balakov10** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 8:11 pm

I was kinda suprised I got a response from them..
I put Gaming/Downloads as use

DIA_Use: gaming, downloads

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 9:02 pm

It was probably an auto response.

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Scorpionx · Post by **Scorpionx** » Fri Dec 29, 2000 9:09 pm

put "porn viewing and hosting illegal warez" under use and see what happens :P

gmcd33 · Post by **gmcd33** » Sat Dec 30, 2000 2:40 pm

I want one

fanta · Post by **fanta** » Sun Dec 31, 2000 6:16 am

Dont forget about download and upload limits.
So on top of paying ridiculous amounts for bandwith you have to limit your transfers!!!
It's tough being an ISP.

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balakov10 · Post by **balakov10** » Mon Jan 01, 2001 3:12 am

what's a download/upload limit?
is there one on an OC-48?

Camouflage · Post by **Camouflage** » Mon Jan 01, 2001 11:07 am

An upload/download limit means you can only transfer a certain amount of data per month (example: 2 GB/month). If you wanted to transfer more data, you would have to pay more money. Your download speeds aren't affected by this though. Download/Upload speeds aren't the only things that cost ISP's money. They also have to pay for transfers, which is why they pass the cost on to you

balakov10 · Post by **balakov10** » Mon Jan 01, 2001 9:24 pm

hehe
I really ment that, if I got me one of these, they better not try to limit me...

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 02, 2001 12:39 am

Check this out

http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,294572,00.html

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sublime · Post by **sublime** » Tue Jan 02, 2001 12:42 am

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">OC-768

OC-768 is currently the fastest synchronous optical network (SONET) standard rate for data transmission on optical fiber as part of the broadband ISDN (BISDN). OC stands for optical carrier and the number affixed is the multiple of the base rate bandwidth of 51.85 Mbps. OC-768 supports rates of 40 gigabits per second (Gbps) on a fiber optic carrier, a rate that translates to the equivalent of seven CD-ROM's worth of data in one second. Developed to meet ever-growing demands for bandwidth, OC-768 uses dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) to carry multiple channels of data on a single optic fiber. New DWDM systems are now in development to run at at 10 trillion bits per second (10 Tbps) per fiber. This translates into the theoretical capability of one fiber to support, simultaneously, an active Internet connection to every household in the U.S.</font>

yikes... i wish i had me one of those brent

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