Re: My comments to the press about RFC 2474

[Randall Gellens <[e-mail]>]

At 7:23 AM +0200 9/8/10, Mans Nilsson wrote:

>  Subject: Re: My comments to the press about RFC 2474 Date: Tue, Sep 
> 07, 2010 at 09:52:08PM -0700 Quoting Randall Gellens 
> ([e-mail]):
>
>>  What is at the other end of the fiber (either STOKAB or individual home
>>  owners)?  Is there a central interconnect point where any ISP can
>>  connect?
>
>  Mostly, either the power companies or the telco have rolled out sparse
>  grid (interconnecting cities and within them, CO's.) The people doing
>  the digging are actually building last mile, which is missing
>  everywhere except in business areas of major towns. (and it is of
>  course available in places where this has been done) Last mile ends up
>  in either new mini-CO facilities or adjacent to previously existing
>  facilities so that the last mile can be lit and  connected to the
>  backbone.
>
>  In the case of STOKAB, they are present where you want them; which
>  means that basically all CO and colo facilities have a STOKAB ODF. My
>  current workplace has two. There is no central per se, even if STOKAB
>  do concentrate interconnection at a number of places in the Stockholm
>  area. Since their product is "e2e glass, period. " it is really only a
>  cable plant.


What are the two ends of "e2e glass"?  One is the home or business; 
is the other an ISP of one's choice?

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Randall Gellens
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