From: "Glenn Meadows" 

We're about to switch to a dedicated 10mb link to the internet (both
directions) from XO, both in NYC and here in Nashville.  It's actually
going to allow us to drop our dedicated T-1 Long Haul line, and setup
encrypted VPN between office, have higher bandwidth on both internet and
inter office, and total cost will be less than what we're paying now for 3
T-1's (1 in each office for internet, and 1 point to point).  Should be
nice when it's done.  It's not a shared connection to the internet, either,
it's our own private link like a T-1.

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Glenn M.
"Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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> "Dave Ings"  wrote:
>
>>However the glacial pace of deployment of truly high speed access (in
>>North
>>America at least)
>
> Not in this corner; we're upgrading next week from Verizon's DSL {at}
> 1.5/768 to fiber optic at 15/2 Mbps. Their trucks were all over the
> neighborhood in early summer getting the last .98 mile ready. (I've no
> idea why we're high on the agenda, other than being close to a highway
> where they used right-of-way for trunk fiber.) That was followed by a
> blitzkrieg of direct mail, email, telephone solicitation -- and even
> door-to-door!
>
> The morning after we placed the order, contractors were here to detect
> existing gas line and mark the trenching path from curbside telephone
> pole to our NIC. It's pretty clear Verizon is *eager* to start
> recouping their investment...
>
> Monte Davis
> http://montedavis.livejournal.com

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