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TransAtlantic 40 Gig Waves
- Subject: TransAtlantic 40 Gig Waves
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:12:53 -0400
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:55:36 BST." <1E8B940C5E21014AB8BE70B975D40EDB016285B5@bert.HiberniaAtlantic.local>
- References: <[email protected]> <1E8B940C5E21014AB8BE70B975D40EDB0162857C@bert.HiberniaAtlantic.local> <[email protected]> <1E8B940C5E21014AB8BE70B975D40EDB016285B5@bert.HiberniaAtlantic.local>
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:55:36 BST, Rod Beck said:
> Well, the funny thing is that when I approached bandwidth buyers at some
> well known publicly traded carriers, they told me that 40 gig waves
> across the Atlantic were impossible.
Theoretically impossible, or just "impossible on the fiber that's already
underwater"? Big difference there.
> Indeed, when we decided to launch LAN PHY 10 GigE, the builder of our cable
> system told us it wasn't possible.
Again, was this "impossible on a cable the builder was about to build", or
"impossible on the cable that the builder put under the water already"?
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