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Originally Posted by darthlinux
So easynets network could handle few hundred thousands customer downloading @ 2mb - 16mb full whack 24/7 dont really think so
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Quick reminder that unlike cable Sky have no per node limits but per exchange, so doesn't take 2 customers on the top tier to saturate an area.
The routers that Sky use in the core can route 92Tbit/s fully loaded, the transmission network is 80 wavelength DWDM so has a present capacity of 3.2Tbit/s per fibre, and each exchange can be backhauled with multiple 10Gbit/s ethernet if need be going into 40Gbit/slot routers which then go into the 92Tbit / chassis core routers.
All of this apart from the fibre network is scaleable. If an exchange runs out of bandwidth add a new 10GbE backhaul and/or switch, add a new line card and/or router further down the chain, and the fibre network will be in big bundles so is likewise a non-issue.
So if the money's there Sky can do pretty much whatever they want to.