rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander) (01/17/90)
roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes: >In <220@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> jml@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Michael Lodman): >> heat outside the room some other way. ECL equipment can heat up a room FAST! [in my opinion, this misses the point... we are only talking one board's worth of ecl; however....] > Since most (handwave) users of supercomputers access them by network >connections, it doesn't much matter where they are located physically. Which >is more cost efficient, to build a cooling system for a big ECL monster >located in, say, St. Louis, or to run a T3 link to the Yukon, where getting >rid of heat is not usually a problem? Just idle curiosity. T3 to the Yukon ?? For a start, _you_ can't do it. The CRTC sez 'take a hike'. (That's the Canadian telecomm regulating body; Americans can think FCC here, or whatever). Only whichever monopoly telecomm carrier servicing the area can do that; Bell or maybe CNCP/Rogers. And of course, you will get an extra special price: cost plus maybe 300% or so. I've been trying to get a miserable 56kb lease line from Edmonton, Alberta to Athabasca (152 klicks) for _years_; we can't afford the ~ $3000/month. In fact, 5 x 9600 baud lines (which we can push to 19,200) would be cheaper by ~ 20%. Alberta Government Telephones (a monopoly created by a radical _right_ _wing_ government, folks, back in the dirty 30's) has decided we are a cash cow to be milked. Build your airconditioner in St. Louis. It's a clear win. PS: For those who haven't figured it out, a) Deregulation hasn't hit Canada, & b) I'm p*ssed off. Followups to comp.dcom.telecomm. -- -- Ross Alexander (403) 675 6311 rwa@aungbad.AthabascaU.CA VE6PDQ