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Originally Posted by quade
... Perhaps at some under-engineered facility, but certainly not system wide.
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I think the point Steven is making is that system-wide
the system IS under-engineered; no-one could have predicted the explosive growth. So now, everyone is trying desperately to keep up with demand.
It's not so simple as saying "add more" -- I work for a local government and we're busily trying to predict what our needs will be in three years in order to get them budgeted for City Council to approve.
(Anyone got a good crystal ball they can spare???) Most large corporations also have a two-to-three year lead time for large acquisitions.
You can't just think "I'll get this, and then get more later if I need it". If you go back to Council for more, it's "Why didn't you get what you needed the last time?"
The infrastructure is growing, but do you see at&t going out and replacing every home phoneline with 1 Gb fiber to the demarc by 2011? 100Gb to the Central Offices?
It is coming, but slowly - as demand and finances allow.