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Old 08-06-2007, 15:19   #27
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Re: Virgin upgrading IP backbone network

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Originally Posted by BBKing View Post
Back in 2001 when we were wiring up ex-C&W for broadband, it was 2x1Gb to each *site*, let alone when you got to the backbone. Bigger sites had more 1Gb feeds - there was a set ratio per number of UBRs.

Backbone is 10Gb and IIRC 40Gb in places, on Juniper kit. Big iron, big bandwidth. ntl did build their backbone to last.



21CN? Isn't that, um, 'borrowed' from our design, I heard?
It was still 2x1gig 2 years ago, no idea if they finally upgraded it now but one of those ports was regurly saturated.
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