On 26 Mar 2015 at 12:58, Peter Corlett <ab...@cabal.org.uk> wrote: > > Peter Kirk wrote: > > I was not aware of that, I often wondered why OVH is there when UK has > > bigger "pipes", that explains it. > > Much of the UK's Internet infrastructure is concentrated in data centres and > other hastily-erected barns in both > Docklands and even more expensive parts of the capital, with bits of wet > string trailing out to the rest of the > country... I think this basically comes from London-centricism plus an > artefact of BT > pricing in the mid-90s making it not cost-effective for ISPs to build-out > regional infrastructure.
I agree with the "most" and that's about it. London has most because of demand for fast speeds from the financial sector. Thus multiple carriers built infrastructure to London. Edinburgh does not rely on "wet string" for similar reasons: financial sector and academic sector. Even way back in the late '80s Cable&Wireless was installing fibre in central Edinburgh fed from trunks laid along the East Coast rail line. Edinburgh-London is the highest air passenger number route in UK and has: Multiple Tier 1 Carriers inc BT, Level3, Liberty and Vodafone- Cable&Wireless Multiple >=10Gbit/s circuits between various academic sites. Edinburgh was one of the pioneers of Janet & SuperJanet which I used in mid '80s Multiple Tier 3 datacentres UK's fastest supercomputer and highest ITC spend per capita If there is a sufficient demand for fibre bandwidth, carriers will provide it as that is how they make money. Cheers, Peter ___________ Free £10 ebay voucher. Join ebay as a new user, make a purchase for £5 or more (exc postage) using Paypal before 13 April 2015 and receive a £10 Paypal voucher off your next ebay purchase of £15 or more (exc postage). Click: http://invite.ebay.co.uk/i/l4bY6e4f1l95 http://invite.ebay.co.uk/faq/welcome http://invite.ebay.co.uk/tc/welcome _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
