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Originally Posted by Phil21
$400 per 100mbit is the overage rate. It's basically 100mbit increments for this special.
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Ok so basically 101mbps would incur a $400 overage charge?
That's still not bad really, even at that it's $8 per meg with 99 more to go without spending anymore....I just want to make sure I understood you correctly.
This is the first special like this I've seen where a gige connection is available, which means you could use the whole 100mbps. With a 100mbps capped line you can really only use about 70 before performance becomes an issue (based on personal experience)....so pricing on specials like these is, as you've said before, something of a marketing gimmick, it's not usually really $4 per mbit.
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Originally Posted by jay23
One of the things we are missing is the improvments in optics and DWDM technology which allows you to push more and more BW on a single strand of fiber. The capx cost of pushing 40gb is same as what it cost 10gb 3 years ago and in 3 years we will see 160gb on the same cost. http://www.lightreading.com/ has soem very good reading on this topic. |
This is something I've thought about as well, although I'm not well versed in the specifics. With level3 laying down 10gbps lines, they basically decupled their network capacity for a very small capital outlay (relatively speaking), so it was inevitable that prices were going to drop significantly.