Re: Bottlenecks and link upgrades

[Ted Hatfield <ted () io-tx com>]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, Hank Nussbacher wrote:

> At what point do commercial ISPs upgrade links in their backbone as well as peering and transit links that are 
> congested?  At
> 80% capacity?  90%?  95%? 
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>
> Thanks,
> Hank
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>
> Caveat: The views expressed above are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer


Why upgrade when you can legislate the problem instead.

Charter tries to convince FCC that broadband customers want data caps.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/charter-tries-to-convince-fcc-that-broadband-customers-want-data-caps/

Ted