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"In 2000 no fewer than six US comopanies were building new, mutually competitive, nation-wide fibre-optic networks. Hundreds more were laying down local lines and several were also competing on sub-oceanic links. All told, 39 millions miles of fibre-optic line now crisscross the US, enough to circle the globe 1566 times. The unavoidable by-product has been a mountainous glut: the utilisation rate of telecom networks hovers today at a disastrously low 2.5-3%, that of undersea cable at just 13 %."

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 16:34 (twenty-three years ago)

...And?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

At that rate, the companies should be paying us all money to encourage us to use their product.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't all ilxors band together, buy our own million-miles-worth of cable really cheap, set up our own totally independent ILXORNET, and fill it full of ~~kittens and smut~~ brilliant ideas for improving the world as we know it?

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, yes, now I getcha. I hereby donate 50p.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 16:37 (twenty-three years ago)

i am quite interested in all this spare cable: what it means, what it will end up being used for, what effect it had on traffic while being laid

where i live in hackney is STILL NOT ON THE WORLD CABLE MAP ppl!!

be ashamed oh decadent first-worlders

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll only give money if kitty is involved,

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

No pocket money for kitty.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 19:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the idea was that by now everyone would be getting video-on-demand through their pc or some such nonesense.

Anyway, it was one of the most ridiculous speculative episodes in a long and rich history of human folly.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 19 February 2003 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

yes yes but what abt the cable

surely it is ours to buy up and use in the war against folly?

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 20 February 2003 10:52 (twenty-three years ago)

War against folly? Perish the though!

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 10:55 (twenty-three years ago)

one of the most ridiculous speculative episodes in a long and rich history of human folly.

Agreed, but unlike most other ridiculous episodes, this one has the wonderful side effect of allowing us to make trans atlantic telephone calls (via dial around) for 3 cents/minute. This is unparalleled in human history.

Kind of like the bizarre joke about subscriber trunk dialing in Time Bandits, or Brazil, or somewhere.

― Skottie, Thursday, 20 February 2003 10:56 (twenty-three years ago)

though = thought

(Today is going to be *hard*)

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 20 February 2003 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

alternative internet will arise from p2p networks when wireless will get bigger.

― the hegemon, Friday, 21 February 2003 07:23 (twenty-three years ago)

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