BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets

Tue Oct 23 15:06:09 UTC 2007

Tim Franklin wrote:
> For the UK (and NL), on the tech side we're seeing some success with EFM
> on copper, in this particular case on an Actelis platform.  It's a new
> unit in the CO, from 1-8 pairs from the CO to the customer premises, up to
> a total bandwidth across all pairs of 40Mb/s in each direction. 
> (Admittedly 40Mb/s is 8 pairs at something like 1km from the exchange, but
> I'm seeing some useful 6-10M symmetric services on 4 or so pairs).
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Errr, 8 pairs per customer? Even 4 is a step backwards. If we're going to do 
construction at that level, might as well drop in fiber. We're still enjoying 
the fact that ADSL runs on 1/2 a pair while the customer's phone service is out.

Jack