Sky Broadband in UK first with 100 Gigabit optical network

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by Stuart

Because VM have over half the country cabled. If the sam knows database is accurate, Sky LLU is only available in a far smaller fraction of the country.

And that comparison does not include Virgin's LLU network, which in terms of the number of premises it passes is only slightly smaller than Sky's LLU network.

SKY LLU's coverage is actually far higher than VM's.

Pierre has gave a meaningful answer now anyway I will take his word for it.

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Originally Posted by Maggy J

Another of those mine is bigger than yours arguments..

My fibre's smaller than yours.

No, back on topic. I wouldn't say the top speed of a single link defines the "size" of a particular network, nor the physical reach or total capacity. In fact it's quite hard to quantify the "size" of any network outside of any individual attribute.

Nevertheless, Chrys, I don't think 100gbps has anything to do with "total capacity" - especially when you can get switches these days with several terabits per second of total switching capacity. Total capacity of any given network - VMs or Sky or anyone else - is exceedingly hard to quantify, and for the most part, totally irrelevant.

I think capacity to and from "the internet", i.e. off of the ISPs own network is the key factor, and as you've mentioned VM does fall flat in some areas with regards to this. Core network capacity means nothing if you can't data onto or off that core fast enough, it's like having a 40-lane motorway with only one entry/exit lane.