Running your own fiber?
My question is: How would a provider (let's take HE.net as an example this time around), run fiber to a peering point such as PAIX or MAE-West (shown here) from their data center? How does this process work? Would HE.net have to manually dig up the ground so they can lay the fiber, or do they lease existing fibers?
How much would it cost these days to run your own fiber to a peering point, datacenter, etc...?
This concept has always boggled my mind, as I'm not quite sure how it works.
Don't worry, I'm not interested in starting up my own datacenter, (just in case soemone asks
)Any help/comments would be appreciated!
