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Re:Google Purchases 111 Eighth Avenue, NYC on Thursday December 23, 2010 @11:24AM (#2034845)
And there's enough existing spare capacity to run the amount of data a facility like this is going to handle?
Re:Great. Skype is down. on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @06:24PM (#2032860)
That's what I thought when they told me it's all they offered in my area!
Re:Skype brief post-mortem on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @05:55PM (#2032769)
In theory they can be regular users computers - but unless you have the only PC connected to some small outpost on the internet it's unlikely that it would be you.

Generally it's either a skype or ISP owned machine

Re:Google Purchases 111 Eighth Avenue, NYC on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @04:06PM (#2032448)
Just think of it as a really big rack enclosure
Re:Great. Skype is down. on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @03:32PM (#2032347)
My landline is a digital phone form my wonderful cable company It's less reliable than the internet connection from the same company - "network is experience connection difficulties"