How much bandwith does MS have?

[Mallow]

I'm sure they have multiple oc-12 backbones running to redmond

 

[compudog]

Originally posted by: Mallow
I'm sure they have multiple oc-12 backbones running to redmond

Or wherever they have thier servers for Microsoft.com. Does anyone really know where the MS data center really is? (does anyone really care?) It could be in Butthump, AR for all I know.

 

[VBboy]

They need ENORMOUS bandwidth to let people download millions of bugs every day!

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: VBboy
They need ENORMOUS bandwidth to let people download millions of bugs every day!

OR, maybe they don't have enough bandwidth and their connection skips a few bits here and there to make it look like they have FAST connections... Thus all the bugs and errors.


I could be wrong though...

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: DaFinn

Originally posted by: VBboy
They need ENORMOUS bandwidth to let people download millions of bugs every day!

OR, maybe they don't have enough bandwidth and their connection skips a few bits here and there to make it look like they have FAST connections... Thus all the bugs and errors.


I could be wrong though...

No, no!

Bugs are defined by Microsoft as "bytes skipped during the program compilation process", not as "bytes skipped during the download process"

 

[rh71]

BAH. Netscape comes down from their own servers just as fast (it's just that they don't get that many downloads )

 

[Nemesis77]

They are on 512/256KB ADSL

 

they probably have a fiber network all to their own... 2 or 3 OC-256 plus smaller ones.

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
They are on 512/256KB ADSL

Wow, no wonder there so fast. They are so expensive though.


But really, all I know is microsoft has a LOT of bandwidth.

 

[sharkeeper]

Seems fast enough from here

-DAK-

 

[kami]

I'm more impressed by the bandwidth of the servers that served the latest matrix trailer. Something like 40 terrabytes moved in a few days...