OC-48
I have also heard of an OC-96 but couldn't find much info on it.
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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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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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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
http://www.nutsandvolts.com/photos/dc/uunet/index.asp
Daaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmnnnnnnn!
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It was probably an auto response.
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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
Check this out
http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,294572,00.html
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http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,294572,00.html
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yikes... i wish i had me one of those brent<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>
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