<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Remember that a CLS serves 2 purposes simultaneously.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Convert the wet plant to dry plant and provide 11kv power for ILAs.</div><div class="">2. Act as an OTN node and CO to distribute connectivity into the Territory/Nation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Historically, you put a CLS on the beach itself, and it’s somewhat remote.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then you backhaul to a dozen COs/CNDCs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nowadays however, the CLS is looked at more like an ILA shelter, or when feasible cable landings are going directly into metro CNDCs as the physical gear is getting smaller and smaller and more suitable for colocation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There’s still the small matter of 11,000volts of power or more… That’s usually kept out towards the sea.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 4, 2019, at 1:50 PM, Ethan O'Toole <<a href="mailto:telmnstr@757.org" class="">telmnstr@757.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">hey there,<br class="">we've put together a blog post about Virginia beach developments and how it can reshape some of the ways we<br class="">have been designing our networks.<br class=""><a href="https://www.infrapedia.com/post/virginia-beach-a-new-hub-is-born" class="">https://www.infrapedia.com/post/virginia-beach-a-new-hub-is-born</a><br class="">Mehmet<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Ex-757'er (757 = Virginia Beach.)<br class=""><br class="">Dead area tech wise. Bad job prospects led the geeks to flee the area. Small lights out data centers to support a few undersea cables aren't going to change that. Those cables landing in VaBeach will have their traffic hauled to Northern Virginia -- where all the action is. It will do little to benefit the locals once the build out is done.<br class=""><br class=""> - Ethan O'Toole<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>