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ProfPete · 07-11-2004, 21:45

There are plenty of backhaul carriers, but most are not interested in the domestic market.

BT have edged themself into a nice position. They've made LLU too expensive for most ISPs, and they've made datastream pretty unreliable, by selling extremely highly contended virtual paths. The whole thing is run of an antequated SDH and often even PDH infrastructure.

Most tier-1 ISPs have been forced to opt for IPstream, and others are shifting that way too. Few tier-2's have the ability to get backhaul, possibly with the exception of wanadoo, who have energis. And I doubt the vISPs even care, as long as they make their quick buck...

Oh, and once it gets back to the ISP, they're certainly no all-you-can-eat for peering and transit anyway!!

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ProfPete Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Newport, S Wales Services: ntl 2meg cable Posts: 65	Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes There are plenty of backhaul carriers, but most are not interested in the domestic market. BT have edged themself into a nice position. They've made LLU too expensive for most ISPs, and they've made datastream pretty unreliable, by selling extremely highly contended virtual paths. The whole thing is run of an antequated SDH and often even PDH infrastructure. Most tier-1 ISPs have been forced to opt for IPstream, and others are shifting that way too. Few tier-2's have the ability to get backhaul, possibly with the exception of wanadoo, who have energis. And I doubt the vISPs even care, as long as they make their quick buck... Oh, and once it gets back to the ISP, they're certainly no all-you-can-eat for peering and transit anyway!!