Re: Jetstream (was Re: Phew looks like we were lucky)

25 Feb 2002

      On Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 12:57 , Brian Gibbons wrote:
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From: "Joe Abley" 
I have no idea what Jetstream has to do with anything :) I am talking
about Internet2.
Jetstream is the seed.
As you have said, you need edge applications to justify the existance of
broadband connectivity. Jetstream introduces businesses to those
applications and the productivity gains that are the justification.
I never said that -- I just said application support didn't belong in 
the network, but at the edge. The focus of Internet2 actually seems to 
be the reverse of what you are saying -- throw large amounts of 
bandwidth into the ring, and see what people do with it.

This whole "Jetstream introduces business to broadband" thing is just 
bogus. We were happily selling 155M circuits to customers at CLEAR five 
years ago. (We weren't providing 155M internet transit, because even if 
that capacity was available on PRE, it would have cost us about $155M 
per year in half-circuit costs, but we're talking about access network 
speeds here). Citylink have been providing 100M domestic service for 
ages. The idea that a DSL service is somehow bleeding edge, novel or the 
only game in town for business broadband internet access is just 
farcical.

Joe

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