On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:27:04AM -0800, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> Say, what sort of bandwidth (internet-wise) do you guys get down there
> now?
McMurdo has had a 1.5Mbps 24/7 line since Jan, 1995. It's permanently
provisioned for both internet and traditional phones. IIRC, about 768Kbps
is the size of the internet pipe. That's for ~1200 users. I think they
get about 20 mail messages a minute plus surfing and ftp.
At Pole, we use a network of obsolete satellites with a variety of speeds,
but we don't have a traditional phone setup; we have VoIP. Our pipes run
from 19.2K or so to 1.0Mbps and 1.5Mbps. It's 100% internet for ~240 users
in the summer and < 100 users in the winter.
So... things are better here at Pole, but we're only up about half the day.
-ethan
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Received on Sun Feb 01 2004 - 17:16:32 GMT