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Originally Posted by Azure
I've known about this for quite a while now, but only recently read some more details about it. Really, a noteworthy project that the Alberta government started up almost 5 years ago that today has fiber in 80% of the province.
http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200509/1882...C2E0424EF.html
Reason I brought this up was because the other day I was reading an old thread on Digital Home about the future of the internet. A lot of people felt that in 3-5 years, the existing infrastructure throughout the country wouldn't be able to handle the demand for fast, reliable internet. Yet, our entire province is how wired with fiber, which is more than likely a first in Canada, if not in the US.
Sure, it cost around $400 million in the end, but to me its money well spent, and something that probably is known by a lot of people.
I don't know the technical details about how Shaw and Telus connect to the existing fiber network....but I would imagine it has something to do with the speed increases in Alberta. |
Alberta Supernet is a huge boon for rural Alberta, but I don't think this has any bearing on speeds for Shaw or Telus subscribers who are in the city. Supernet runs as a regional network that uses Shaw's bigpipe to connect to the internet backbone.
If Shaw is considered a Tier 2 regional provider ( no idea if is is ), the supernet would be considered Tier 3 and would only affect local traffic access (ie you were accessing a host on that netowrk).
This is based on my usage and experience when I used wireless when I lived outside of Calgary, but may not universallly reflect the entire SuperNet infrastructure.