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Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy"

  • From: Bill Woodcock
  • Date: Tue Oct 10 11:29:34 2006 
    > Sounds reasonable to me. Since the sale of energy is 
    > usually measured in kilowatt-hours, how many kwh of
    > energy is transmitted across the average optical fibre
    > before it reaches the powereda mplifier in the destination
    > switch/router?

Also, remember, it's _net_ energy delivered which matters...  I'm sure the 
customer is delivering light back toward the ISP as well.

                                -Bill