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To: ftth who started this subject6/27/2001 7:00:29 PM
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"Myth of the bandwidth glut"

Commentary: Cities need bandwidth
Gartner Viewpoint
Special to CNET News.com
June 27, 2001, 12:40 p.m. PT
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By John Mazur, Gartner Analyst

The so-called glut of bandwidth is so overblown that it nearly qualifies as an urban legend.
In fact, most areas fall far short of having adequate bandwidth for their needs - especially "last mile" connectivity to businesses - and nowhere is this shortfall more critical, or more damaging, than in America's urban areas and suburban business parks.

This shortfall is partly the result of an actual shortage of fiber-optic cable; service providers commonly bury hundreds, even thousands, of unused "dark" fibers for future use when they install new backbone routes. This practice - encouraged by local governments, which don't want their roadways torn up every few years - has meant a genuine lack of cable for the last-mile customers. Suppliers such as Corning and Lucent Technologies have reported two-year waiting lists for fiber - at a time when networks supposedly had far more capacity than they needed.

The reality is that, while the major backbone routes are awash in fiber that they won't use for years to come, the last mile is desperate for optical connectivity - and isn't getting it. ...
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