Aug 21, 2002 : TeleGeography Releases Metro Fiber Data
📅 - Telecommunications statistics and analysis firm TeleGeography (telegeography.com) released the results of a new study on Wednesday, indicating that the excess of fiber capacity is smaller on Metropolitan networks than on their long-haul counterparts.
TeleGeography says that while intra-city network deployments far exceed demand, the gap between supply and demand on short-haul connections is smaller than the well-documented oversupply of long-haul bandwidth connecting major communications hubs.
According to the data, intra-city bandwidth in the six most competitive US metropolitan markets totals about 88 Gbps, half of the total long-haul bandwidth through the same markets.
The research also indicates that a larger percentage of short-haul fiber is lit, further widening the gap between potential bandwidth on metro and long-haul networks.
"This is good news for providers of intra-city networks, who will likely see an end to the chronic oversupply of bandwidth much sooner than long-distance operators," says TeleGeography director of research Tim Stronge.
Neither short- nor long-haul lit bandwidth was in line with actual user demands, though. In the top US markets, business Internet connections totaled under 4 Gbps, which is less than five percent of lit metropolitan fiber, and less than three percent of lit long-haul fiber.
TeleGeography says that while intra-city network deployments far exceed demand, the gap between supply and demand on short-haul connections is smaller than the well-documented oversupply of long-haul bandwidth connecting major communications hubs.
According to the data, intra-city bandwidth in the six most competitive US metropolitan markets totals about 88 Gbps, half of the total long-haul bandwidth through the same markets.
The research also indicates that a larger percentage of short-haul fiber is lit, further widening the gap between potential bandwidth on metro and long-haul networks.
"This is good news for providers of intra-city networks, who will likely see an end to the chronic oversupply of bandwidth much sooner than long-distance operators," says TeleGeography director of research Tim Stronge.
Neither short- nor long-haul lit bandwidth was in line with actual user demands, though. In the top US markets, business Internet connections totaled under 4 Gbps, which is less than five percent of lit metropolitan fiber, and less than three percent of lit long-haul fiber.
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