There is a "perception" of lack of bandwidth. MAE EAST is running at %30 capacity of a 100Mb switched FDDI. Figure there are about 30 providers each with 45Mb pipe - a bandwidth shortage does not add-up - There are many other metrics that effect performance besides bandwidth. How does Internet II solve the other sources of performance problems?
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The bandwidth issue IS a problem. If you look closely at the stats you can see that traffic curves tend to flatten out far below the theoretical limit. A number of factors that cause this are related to I/O limits by major peers at the meet points. -- /*Joseph T. Klein * Keep Cool, but Don't Freeze * NAP.NET, LLC * * phone +1 414 747-8747 * - Hellman's Mayonnaise * http://www.nap.net */