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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 15, 2013) - Tembo Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TEM)(OTCQX:TBGPF)(FRANKFURT:T23) ("Tembo", or the "Company) is very pleased to report the results of the first deep hole from the 2012 initial drill program at Ngula 1 target on the Tembo Project in the Lake Victoria goldfield of Tanzania. The results of this deep hole strongly support the Company's geological model that mineralization grades will improve with depth, as was the case at the adjacent Bulyanhulu Mine of African Barrick Gold.
Highlights of the latest drill results include:
Tembo Gold President & CEO, David Scott stated, "These exceptional results from diamond drill hole TDD0041 at Ngula, strongly support the model that the regional geological controls on mineralization will result in improved gold grades at Tembo with depth. Given the robust nature of the structures hosting the mineralization and these results, our expectation and confidence of discovering multiple parallel laterally and vertically extensive zones of high-grade gold mineralization at depth has increased. Having achieved high grade and wide intersections in both the northern and southern half of the shear package in steep north dipping structures supports this. We eagerly anticipate the 2013 drilling program which will be designed to delineate resources and extend the depth and strike of high grade mineralization at Ngula 1."
The latest Ngula 1 drill hole results are presented in Table 1 and the highlights of the drilling results to date are depicted on Figure 1. The drill hole section through diamond drill hole TDD0041 is depicted on Figure 2.
Ngula 1 Target
The Ngula 1 target consists of a 600m long, 150-200m wide package of massive and locally intensely sheared mafic meta-volcanic rocks bounded to the north and south by thin meta-sedimentary units. Within the package there are a number of strong sub-parallel, near vertical north dipping, east-west shear structures. These shear structures consistently host gold mineralization in association with quartz veining, alteration and sulphides, predominantly pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. These east-west structures are of variable thickness, ranging from less than a meter to 50m, and it is interpreted that they are intersected by northwest and northeast trending secondary shear structures that result in thicker zones of deformation and alteration and higher-grade mineralization.
The drilling program to date has consisted of alternating 100m spaced diamond drill hole and reverse circulation drill hole sections drilled from the south to test the zone at vertical depths between 50m and 200m from surface, and 100m spaced diamond hole drill sections drilled from the north testing to similar depths. The earlier drill results announced in 2012 (March 13, June 7, and September 26) provide initial definition of these zone of deformation and mineralization and drill holes intersected variable grades and widths of mineralization within numerous robust parallel east west shear structures.
These intersections include:
A comparison with shallow early drilling at Bulyanhulu reveals that like Bulyanhulu, Ngula 1, despite displaying consistent deformation, alteration and sulphide mineralization, has inconsistent grades near surface. As drilling progressed to greater depths at Bulyanhulu, grades and grade continuity improved, with a 1km ore body near surface extending to approximately 4km at depth with grades showing a marked improvement below 200m.
Diamond drill hole TDD0041 was drilled from the north to enter the northern margin of the shear package at the upper meta-sedimentary marker at a vertical depth of 200m and to exit at a vertical depth of approximately 400m, whereas earlier holes entered the zone at depths between 50m and 100m and exited at between 100 and 200m. The drill hole has reached a depth of 387m and will be deepened to a depth of approximately 500m to intersect further potential wide mineralized structures when drilling recommences. The drill hole has intersected a broad zone of deformed and foliated metavolcanic rocks with strong chlorite and epidote alteration and abundant disseminated pyrrhotite and pyrite mineralization. A gold mineralized zone of 22.81g/t over 15 m from 299m downhole is associated with sub vertical shearing and quartz veining and may correlate to the well-mineralized gold bearing shear in drill hole TDD0054 and other wide zones of shearing and mineralization that host low-grade gold. This zone is located in the northern half of the metavolcanic package. Within the southern half a similarly well-developed shear structure is interpreted to host the mineralization in TRC0013, TDD0004 and TDD0005. The pervasive nature of the alteration, the width of the deformation zones and the wide distribution of gold through these zones suggests strong shear structure controlled zones of mineralization that should have extensive lateral and vertical continuity. The stronger and higher-grade mineralization in this drill hole suggests that the tenor of gold is increasing at depth.
The Ngula 1 drilling to date indicates:
Figure 2 is an interpretative section depicting the current interpretation of boreholes drilled along the TDD0041 section line at Ngula 1. Boreholes TDD0041 and TDD0004 correlate with a southern and northern structure respectively. Correlations and shear zone dimensions are interpreted between boreholes and the section illustrates the characteristics of the multiple shear zones.
Follow-up drilling of the Ngula 1 target at Tembo is planned for 2013. This program will be designed to in-fill the shallow drilling to approximately a 50m drill hole spacing in order to improve geological interpretation, define gold distribution with a view to modeling a shallow potential open pit resource; deep drilling will test the entire structural zone along strike and at depth to assess the continuity and gold tenor of the TDD0041 mineralized structure and the down dip and along strike continuity of the parallel gold bearing structures intersected up dip.
To view Figures 1 and 2 please click on the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/TEM0115.pdf
A stringent QA/QC practice is being applied to all sample batches. A Verified Reference Material standard is inserted every 20th sample, a known blank or blank standard every 20th sample and all samples with assays greater than 0.5 g/t Au are re-assayed. 1% of all samples are submitted to an alternative laboratory for check analysis. In addition the laboratory adheres to an internal QA/QC procedure including standard samples and repeats and blanks inserted independently.
The above information has been prepared under the supervision of David Scott, Pr. Sci. Nat., who is designated as a "Qualified Person" with the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity of the data.
Conference Call / Webinar
The Company will be hosting a webinar and conference call on Wednesday January 16th at 4:15pm EST. President and CEO, David Scott, will discuss the latest developments with the drilling program at the Tembo Property. To register to attend this webinar, please visit http://www.tembogold.com/webinar or call 416.907.4148.
About Tembo Gold Corp.
Tembo Gold (TSX VENTURE:TEM) is a Canadian publicly listed mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and development of gold projects in Tanzania and the rest of Africa. The Company currently has 100% interest in the Tembo Gold Project that is located adjacent to African Barrick's Bulyanhulu Mine in the prolific Lake Victoria Greenstone belt in Tanzania. The company is led by a highly experienced team with a proven history of developing, financing, and operating mining projects in Africa. The company has commenced its 90,000m drill program on its Tembo Gold Project.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of Tembo, David Scott, President & CEO
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information set out in this news release constitutes forward-looking information. Forward looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements in respect of the use of the net proceeds from the Private Placement, the completion and timing of additional closings of the Non-Brokered Private Placement, the payment of certain finders' fees and the listing of the Common Shares on the TSXV. Forward-looking statements are based upon the opinions and expectations of management of the Company as at the effective date of such statements and, in certain cases, information provided or disseminated by third parties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, and that information obtained from third party sources is reliable, they can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this news release, the Company has made assumptions regarding, among other things, the ability to develop the Company's properties, the economic climate in the jurisdictions where the Company carries on operations and commodity prices. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and the assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are made, are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements included in this document, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, a significant drop in the price of gold, political turmoil in Tanzania and other risk factors set forth in the Company's continuous disclosure. Readers are cautioned that this list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. These statements are made as at the date hereof and unless otherwise required by law, the Company does not intend, or assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
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Beijing: At least 12 people died and 27 were injured as hailstones, thundershowers and gales hit south China`s Guangdong Province Sunday, Xinhua quoted the ministry of civil affairs as stating.
The natural disasters, which began to savage cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan and Zhongshan since 12 a.m. Sunday, affected 506.7 hectares of farmland and caused about 50 million yuan ($7.65 million) in direct economic losses, the ministry said.
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POWELL — The order issued by the Western Defense Command gave "all persons of Japanese ancestry" just 10 days to pack their bags and assemble at a collection point for relocation.
Posted in April 1942, that sign will be the first thing visitors see when they enter the Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center this August.
"You could only take what you could carry," Christy Fleming, the center's manager, told a handful of visitors Saturday. "If you were a business owner, you'd have to sell everything in the store, plus the store. Think about your pets, your friends ..."
Fleming gave several students with the University of Wyoming a tour of the framed-out museum over the weekend before the team spread out over the grounds to conduct research.
Located between Cody and Powell, the camp was one of 10 such facilities established by President Roosevelt in the 1940s. It grew to house more than 10,000 Japanese Americans before it was shuttered in the closing days of World War II.
Kevin Miyazaki, a professional photographer based in Wisconsin, tries to take a positive view of the camp's history, even though his father, brother and grandparents were held here the 1940s.
"My dad didn't speak about it much until we got a little bit older," Miyazaki said. "He passed away about 10 years ago, and if he were still living, I'd have a million more questions for him."
Only a handful of the old Heart Mountain barracks remain on site. After the war, most were purchased by homesteaders for $1 and moved to other areas of northern Wyoming.
It's the reuse of those historic structures that interests Miyazaki. He has spent the last four years photographing similar barracks taken from the Tule Lake Relocation Camp in California.
"The old barracks are all over the area out there," Miyazaki said. "I've been photographing the reuse of those buildings for four years, and I'm just now starting to do the same thing here."
Mac Blewer, a graduate student with the University of Wyoming's Geography Department, said he and his fellow students are also interested in the fate of the barracks that once housed thousands of Japanese Americans.
He said their research could help further history's understanding of the camp and the reconciliation that occurred in Wyoming when it closed after the war.
"There were over 380 barracks here, but it's a bit of a mystery what happened to them," he said. "We're going to meet with some of the homesteading families who took over some of the barracks in the post-war years."
Blewer said the research already has revealed dozens of old barracks scattered between Cody, Powell and Lovell. Some are being used as houses, others as barns. Disguised with paint and slight modifications, they're easy to overlook.
Eric Sandeen, director of the American Studies Program at the University of Wyoming, called it a classic story of settlement in the American West.
"It's not like the story stops in 1945 and '46," Sandeen said. "Not all of the story follows the Japanese Americans back to where they went after the war. Some of it remains right here in Wyoming in the old barracks."
Sandeen believes that the movement of the barracks has, in some ways, helped the region come to terms with past wrongs. During the war, Cody businesses posted derogatory signs refusing service to Japanese Americans.
While the atmosphere in Lovell was more accepting, the anti-Japanese sentiment in Cody was strong. Now, the community is looking to the camp as a possible economic boon — another way to bring in tourism dollars.
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The important thing to remember is that all the nice people in charge of the AMS are students, just like you. They go to class and join clubs and eat bad food and drink too much coffee. It's like your high school student council except it is nothing like your high school student council.
Check out the pages to the left for a breakdown of who does what and where the money goes and all that. As a UBC student, you're welcome at any of the council meetings, and if there's anything you'd like to see changed, we encourage student participation. Come to a meeting, email an exec, do whatever.
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The Camino De Santiago has attracted pilgrims for more than a thousand years. The path across Northern Spain leads to the tomb of St. James in Santiago, a beautiful walled city. In medieval times so many Pilgrims were said to be cured by walking to Santiago that it became the most popular of the three major pilgrimage sites, including Rome and Jerusalem. As recently as 2005, 93,921 people walked the Camino, some in search of a cure, but the majority for the love of walking.
Never having walked more than five miles in a day, I was surprised when my husband asked if I would walk the Camino, to hear myself say "sure," and committing myself to walk 500 miles. This was to be truly the hardest and yet most rewarding experience of my life because it taught me anything is possible if you have the right attitude and good health. Having immersed myself in historical novels when I was young, following this path by foot was truly like stepping back in time. Most important, it gave me confidence about what I can accomplish in the future.
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To begin our journey, my husband and I flew into Madrid, and then took a bus to Roncesvalles, a picturesque mountain village on the French border. This is the official beginning of the Camino in Spain. At the monastery there, we received the Camino Passport, which is stamped by hotels and churches all along the way. Pilgrims must present their stamped passports in Santiago to receive The Certificate de Compestela proving that they walked the Camino.
The Camino walk is not a tour. Pilgrims arrive independently and walk in small groups or on their own. The Spanish government, which helped revive the Camino in the '80s, provides a series of refugios - hotels along the way, as well. The refugios, or hostels, are strictly first come, first-served - and unisex, a new experience for most Americans, but quite common to Europeans. If a dormitory is not your style, a charming hotel room with all the amenities was less than $50 a day.
The Camino is designed to pass along medieval paths and roads and to bypass major roads and highways, so most of the day is spent walking through beautiful woods and fields. One passes through three or four villages a day that look as they did in the tenth century. There are also major cities such as Pamplona on the route, which are great places to take rest days.
The most amazing aspect about walking the Camino was in meeting the people along the way. Most were from Europe, Australia, and Brazil. Although our Spanish was rudimentary, we had no problems communicating. While over 50 percent of the walkers were between ages 30 to 60, many were over 60. The numbers of women, many of whom walked alone, reinforced what I felt about attitude. Most were world travelers with interesting careers. To the Europeans, walking is no big deal; it's an intrinsic part of their lives. And walking the Camino is very safe, partly because the Spanish people believe it is good luck to befriend a pilgrim. We are still in touch with friends we made on this Journey.
An average day on the Camino would see us waking up early, packing our backpacks, putting on our hiking boots, picking up our walking sticks, and being on our way. After walking for a few hours, we'd stop for thick Spanish hot chocolate and a pastry. Later we would lunch on fresh bread and ham to fortify us for the next five miles. We would reach our destination around 4 p.m., having walked between 10 and 15 miles, check into a hotel, and then soak in a tub. Around 8 p.m., the restaurants would open and we would enjoy a typical pilgrim's meal, consisting of three courses and a bottle of wine - all for less than $10. After a long day's walk, nothing could have been better. And it was great not to hear the word "diet" for six weeks!
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Welcome to this week's In My Mailbox. In My Mailbox (IMM) is hosted by The Story Siren, who was inspired by a fellow book blogger Alea of Pop Culture Junkie. It features books I have bought or received for review.
Stacking the Shelves by Tynga`s Reviews is about adding books to my shelves I received during the past 2 weeks whether it is physical or virtual.
I am so EXCITED to share the books I got in the past couple of weeks. When I first got them (one in particular) I wanted to scream because I was so happy I got it. Without further ado...
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Black Box by Cassia Leo
Cage (Corps #2) by Harper Sloan
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Sweet Reckoning ( The Sweet Trilogy #3) by Wendy Higgins
Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike
The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson
You may have guessed it, Sweet Reckoning is the book I was jumping up and down when I saw I was approved for it. I am so excited to start this but I have a few other books I have to read before I can. I also requested Sleep No More because it sounded interesting when I read the description. I am also super excited about The Kiss of Deception. All in all, I got some awesome books this week!
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Inspector General David McClintock said Wednesday he will monitor the leasing of West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson General Hospital, potentially the biggest and most important deal in Jefferson Parish government history. His disclosure came as the public hospitals' governing boards are considering lease offers from Louisiana Children's Medical Center, Ochsner Health System and the Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA.
The Parish Council holds the ultimate authority on whether to lease the hospitals and to what entity. A recommendation was expected Aug. 13, when an umbrella board for both hospitals met in an all-day executive session, but the board adjourned without making a decision.
What happens next is not clear. But the council is expected to hold a special meeting on the matter soon.
McClintock would not detail how he plans to monitor the leasing process, including whether he hopes to observe any upcoming executive session meetings of the hospital boards or Parish Council. He said only that "to the extent we can make the process better, that's what we are going to do." He said he has no reason to think any mistakes have been made thus far.
"I'm not going to pin myself down," McClintock said. "It's best that everyone just stay fluid with it."
Sheriff Newell Normand, who chairs East Jefferson General Hospital, said discussions with McClintock have been occurring for a little more than a week. He said McClintock's involvement is welcome, and that the inspector general is free to attend executive sessions.
"Our expectation is that he intends to get involved at the present time," Normand said.
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the broadcast flag would, if implemented, allow network broadcasters to "flag" certain programs so that digital recording devices like pvrs cannot record, edit, or timeshift the flagged material. the fcc claims it required this in order to placate the piracy fears of broadcasters. according to the fcc, broadcasters indicated they might forego broadcasting anything of value if it could not be guaranteed that it wouldn't be copied and pirated.
that's where u.s. circuit judges david sentelle and harry edwards stepped in. the fcc complained bitterly that it was just trying to make sure broadcasters would supply high-quality content. "it's going to have less content if it's not protected," said sentelle, "but congress didn't direct that you have to maximize content." sentelle went on to remind the fcc that "you can't rule the world," and edwards, who told the fcc, "you've gone too far," pointed out that regulating end-user electronic devices in such a manner was analogous to "regulat[ing] washing machines."
the appeals panel has yet to issue a ruling, but one is expected within a few months. it may come just soon enough to prevent the fcc-mandated inclusion of broadcast flag-aware circuitry in every digital media sold in the united states.
the associated press article has more on this.
eric's opinion
i believe that any "protection" action taken by media content providers will ultimately be pretty much self-defeating. it almost always inconveniences legitimate users whilst simultaneously being trivial for professional pirates to crack. ill-written laws like the dmca have done nothing to dissuade piracy; instead, the dmca has more frequently been used to prop up otherwise-unprofitable business models or stifle the development of fair-use products.
digital media distribution is here to stay, but the media conglomerates seem intent on clinging to business models rooted in the old physical distribution system. thanks to their powerful lobbies in washington and the e.u., and fueled in no small part by the highly-publicized online piracy community, they're getting their way.
this reminds me a lot of when douglas and boeing were hotly contesting the nascent domestic airliner business. douglas had huge marketshare and experience in propeller aircraft. boeing, the underdog, pushed the idea of jets in order to gain marketshare. douglas, making tons of money doing things "the old way" with props, saw no reason to embrace the new and unproven jet technology. douglas let boeing get the jump on it with the 707, the world's first commercially successful passenger jet. today, douglas as an independent entity no longer exists, while nearly anyone on the planet knows of boeing.
if the media companies continue to buck the technology trend, sooner or later the entire thing is going to come crashing down like a house of cards. they should be embracing digital distribution and figuring out new ways to make money with it, but that's not happening. only time will tell whether the existing companies will eventually evolve to use these new distribution channels or become extinct.
user comments 35 comment(s)
|the question is (2:49pm est mon feb 28 2005)
why the hoopla now. "broadcast flag protocol" has been around for quite some time. just snuck up on congress.
seems a little strange – by truth4u
|good for them. (3:16pm est mon feb 28 2005)
i love this ruling! – by juicy
|burn it down. (3:54pm est mon feb 28 2005)
burn that flag and all drm! – by hh
|the judge might be (4:05pm est mon feb 28 2005)
a closet video pirate. judges are real people too. – by rcaman
|yup (4:22pm est mon feb 28 2005)
well they have the right to protect their contents from being copied and distributed illegaly by anyone. shows now are appearing on dvd's and they dont want ppl downloading tv shows to their dvd's without paying. they have the right to make money. everybody wants free stuff in this world, but guess what, nothings free, you have to work for it. – by bla
|ignorant (4:44pm est mon feb 28 2005)
you mean i dont have the right to record a show i miss by working? thats pirating? i pay my electric bill and paid for the tv. i will record what i please of normal tv. now pirating dvds is just wrong. – by my rights count
|tv could go by by…….. (4:48pm est mon feb 28 2005)
i can see in the near future i might be getting rid of my television. i think the time has come where i can honestly say i use the internet more than watch tv. i never watch shows when they are airing. if i cannot record them to watch later, i might as well just watch dvds and get the new and weather from the internet. – by fellow12
|broadcasters are evil (5:08pm est mon feb 28 2005)
quote from the article: "according to the fcc, broadcasters indicated they might forego broadcasting anything of value if it could not be guaranteed that it wouldn't be copied and pirated"
if they forego broadcasting anything of value, who is going to advertise the dead air that absolutely no one is going to watch. broadcast media must produce something of value (at least something that the public wants to watch) if they fail to do that – they will not have viewers and thus will not have advertisers. they were simply issueing an empty threat so that the fcc could justify it's caving in to the industry. there is no way they would have followed through with that threat – it would have meant the end of their revenue stream. – by lets be real here
|nearly there (5:15pm est mon feb 28 2005)
"forego broadcasting anything of value"
i'd say we're nearly at that point right now. turn off the boob tube! – by jrink
|a continuing digital double standard (5:15pm est mon feb 28 2005)
with vcr's and tape recorders, it was always understood that you were permitted to make a copy (even if it was technically illegal to do so), but as long as you didn't turn around and sell or distribute the content, then it was aok.
that is all we need today.
i should be able to make a digitally perfect copy of any movie, television show, or cd i want, and as long as i don't distribute it or sell the copies then i should not be hassled by any drm. as long as it is intended for personal use, then there should not be any digital protection on the content, period.
it wasn't an issue yesterday, why is it an issue today?
i have no problems with the movie and music industries going after big time distributors, downloaders or sellers of pirated content. take down limewire or any other p2p software, take down all those street vendors in new york and singapore, you don't have a right to distribute or download this copyrighted material, you are breaking the law.
but i do have a problem when the fcc or international equivalents start telling me how i am supposed to view my television, watch my movies, or listen to my music.
i wish some court in the world would establish some sort of presedence that because the movie and music industries did not agressively fight to prevent movies and music from being copied onto video and audio tapes in the past, that the simple usage of a digital medium does not give them the right to aggressively protect the same content now. basically, tapes did not have any protection (except of course macrovision), so digital content should not have any either.
but in any regards, as long as we keep forking over billions in revenue to hollywood and entertainment, nothing will change. complain all you want, but we are a society of hypocrits, b*tching about drm, but then all rushing off to be first in line when the next star wars movie comes out. by paying $15 to see star wars you are making it possible for hollywood to coerse the fcc into working for them and not for the people. by downloading that movie for free online, you are justifying the reason to protect the content.
if you want real change, then stop demanding access to the content they are trying to protect. there is no point in protecting it if nobody is watching or using it. – by topher
|if i was a content distributer (5:22pm est mon feb 28 2005)
i would fight technology with technology. accelerate the adoption of hd dvd or blu-ray and release all current future content in hd or something similar. to get pirates to actually consider purchasing a video and audio let them distribute it online or distribute it themselves but then charge a premium for something that is easily a superior quality product. products like these would currently be hard to pirate because hd video and hd audio are huge files that would need a common pc user to have a terrabyte harddrive and a 10mb down/5mb up connection. also compression of hd video would be more noticably lower quality than how mp3 and divx was for audio and video. i know the cost of this plan is huge but a company should in no way look like a bad guy unless they really really have to. (much more noticable decrease in sales because of pirating) – by caliber fx
|re: caliber fx (5:43pm est mon feb 28 2005)
sounds like the reasoning used over 3 years ago with movies. since movie files were so huge, and the bandwidth required made it not worth the trouble….etc…
fair use is fair use under copyright law. if it means the riaa and mpaa need to find the offenders, and to prosecute them one by one….fine. the problem lies in the fact that they are trying to save boku $$ on legal fees by using a blanket approach via the fcc. in the process they trample the fair use act they agreed to and receive revenue to this day on every blank recordable cassette tape, vhs tape, cd, and dvd produced. that "tax" is supposed to cover the revenue "lost" to pirating. so, if they enact this other scheme do you really belive that "tax" will be revoked??? not on your life folks!!!!
they will continue to tear and gouge every penny they can from us while reducing the quality of their product in the process. in fact they are already seriously considering increasing the cost of legal music downloads up from the average of $0.99!!!!
hey fcc, why don't you wake up and smell the stuff they are shoveling!!!!
btw: i haven't seen a full length film at the cinema for over 8 years. haven't missed it at all. but damn you if they are going to take my ability to tivo away!!!!
|raising music download fees (5:53pm est mon feb 28 2005)
here's the link to the price gouging plans:
this paragraph says it all:
|re: topher (6:29pm est mon feb 28 2005)
"it wasn't an issue yesterday, why is it an issue today?"
because "yesterday" it wasn't so easy to distribute pirated media. today, we all have high-speed internet links. most homes today have cable or dsl with speeds above that of what medium-sized businesses had ten years ago. we also now have a lot of fast computers, cheap storage, and high-resolution displays that were unthinkable not too long ago.
but you want the single biggest reason why we're being hassled with all this crap today? you have to look no further than the childish "pirate" movement i so frequently speak out against today. this movement thinks all movies and music should be copied and distributed freely, and to hell with paying the artists, producers, or anyone at all anything at all. every time they flaunt a new bittorrent site, every time they start a new warez site, every time they rip a cd and post it somewhere for others to download…every time, they're *encouraging* the media industry to come out guns blazing.
after all, look at cd's, which were introduced in the 80's: no protection, and it's high-quality music. back then a pirate needed a recording studio to really cause any trouble. today, all you need is a mouse and the will to deprive others of their compensation. and all this is supposed to be some great, noble thing, too, just like robin hood.
but what really happens? those of us who legally acquire our entertainment end up paying more for it and getting stuck with every-more-arduous copy protection. the pirates keep fighting back, breaking everything the industry throws at them, blissfully unaware that they're just making things worse.
look, here's the plain dope: the people who make movies and music deserve to be compensated for their efforts. if you don't think their efforts warrant you spending your money, *don't* spend your money — but *don't* think you have a right to enjoy the efforts of their work, either! you can't have it both ways, but pirates want just that. in the end, if they had their way with unlimited copying, the media industry would dry up. no more blockbuster movies. no more *good* music. all that will be left is minor, independent gigs. oh, there will be talent there, but you'll never see a small outfit make another lord of the rings trilogy.
in the end, the pirates will kill the goose that laid the golden egg unless everyone universally agrees that people have a right to be paid for the entertainment they provide you. if you don't want to pay, you don't get to enjoy the entertainment. you have no right to enjoy the fruits of someone else's labor for free if those same people *require* you to compensate them for said entertainment. it's not a difficult concept, but every pirate out there is ignoring it, steadfastly trying their best to wreck the very idea of fair use. – by j. eric smith
|ascd (6:30pm est mon feb 28 2005)
"all five major music companies are discussing ways to boost the price of single-song downloads on hot releases — to anywhere from $1.25 to as much as $2.49. it isn't clear how or when such a price hike would take place, and it could still be months away. sales of such singles — prices have remained at 99 cents — still account for the majority of online music sales."
all five compaines together, isn't this called price fixing? – by asdasd
|re asdasd (6:47pm est mon feb 28 2005)
well basically their doing something similar to what opec is doing to the world when it comes to oil. its called oligopoly which is like price fixing the legal way. – by caliber fx
|price fixing (7:35pm est mon feb 28 2005)
absolutely it's price fixing… that's why the riaa got in trouble with that class action suit and we all got checks for $13.89… funny how that suit did jack and we're all still getting reamed.
the same thing will soon happen with the printers and ink companies… we're all going to get checks for $1.95 for "overpaying" and the prices will never come down.
i'm all for people making money off of their efforts, but i'm sick of getting raped by these greedy bastards with outdated business models and poor quality products.
i've owned plenty of media, first on record, then 8-trac, cassette, beta, vhs, and now cd and dvd. i'll still buy dvds that i like, but i've only bought 1 cd (rob zombie) in the last 4 years.
|go, j. eric (7:36pm est mon feb 28 2005)
it's great to see someone speaking up against these selfish swine who steal entertainment. they yap about the quality of the music and movies, but they have gigabytes of stolen content — so they're hypocrites too.
the reason the content industry has become so aggressive and gets things like the broadcast flag — and it will be back, even if it takes legislation to do it — is because of you, creeps and criminals. and when honest people lose the rights they have long enjoyed, it will be your fault. decent people should be disgusted by you. – by the biz
|there are lots of reasons to be pissed at the fcc, but this is not one (7:55pm est mon feb 28 2005)
of them.
cable and satellite are regulated separately from traditional through-the-air broadcasts, so your set-top box won't be watching for the flag. one of the biggest myths about the broadcast flag is that tv networks are pushing the flag to end time-shifting and to force viewers to watch the commercials. the fcc's ruling specifically requires that current consumer gear not be disabled by the broadcast flag. you'll still be able to record and play shows as usual. the trade-off is that your recordings won't be in the new high-definition format�they'll be converted to the same analog-signal-quality your tivo now records. a broadcast flag is a single bit added to the data stream of broadcast dtv programming. by itself, the flag does not protect content.
– by tech
|a little better than none? (7:02am est tue mar 01 2005)
if they dropped digital media prices down to rediculously low prices and offered high speed downloads, even with drm. p2p has the disadvantage of dodgy content, slow connections, brocken files, fakes, viruses etc.
perhaps then they would make a little where they previously made none.
basically make it not worth the added effort to download pirated stuff. because it only cost a bit more to buy it.
|illegal downloading here to stay………. (9:04am est tue mar 01 2005)
you know why the government hasn't cracked down hard on pirating? because so many people are doing it. if it were to enforce drm you would collapse part of the consumer electronic market……blank media sales would plummet, as would broadband use, computer and component sales, mp3 player sales, etc….all the things that would profit from illegal downloading…..cause 70 million americans do it, and that's a hell of a market…i work for geek squad and without fail, if i go into someones house that has broadband, they have illegal music on their computer.
if they want to get rid of piracy they need $.25 songs and $5 movies…….anymore than that and it's worth dealing with p2p pitfalls for the savings. this won't happen as music labels are already trying to hike up the price of a downloaded song.
as for the legality and "morals" of it……………look at what big business has done to this planet, not to mention what the music industy does. that river didn't start out that color.
|oh yeah…………. (9:12am est tue mar 01 2005)
and the pirates everyone is bitching about are the same people that have given linux the ability to take on microsoft. – by pay attention
|i think that jrink is right. (9:15am est tue mar 01 2005)
i remember when there used to be several shows on that i wanted to watch, and unfortunately, some where on at the same time. my how the times have changed. there is nothing on "normal" broadcast tv that i want to watch any more, and if i watch anything at all, it's something educational. (well, aside from the sci-fi channel, but then that's not broadcast tv is it?) the point is that broadcast tv has lost most of what used to make it good, decent programming, family shows, etc. now most of what is on is quite litterally smut. – by pitviper
|re: eric j. smith (9:37am est tue mar 01 2005)
you make some *alomst* good points. you missed the biggest problem: greed. that's what has driven the actors, producers, media companies etc., etc. to continue to raise prices. while they were blindly raising ticket prices at the theater and the cd store, they unwhittingly created the pirates that thwart them now. why should i joe american pay $20 for a cd (which i never bought many of, nor buy now) when the people i am paying are making millions of $'s? the media companies better wake up. they have begun to catch on with online music. why can't they catch on with movies as well? it's not all the evil pirates' fault, though pirating is wrong, the media companies need to remember that they can control how many new pirates they create. the situation reminds me of the middle east with isreal and palistine. – by seljo myeri
|ultimate rights (10:47am est tue mar 01 2005)
eventually everything becomes public domain
the ulitmate copyright holder is the public domain, any copy protection system that does expire when the current owners rights expire, is stealing you right to copy public domain material. – by old timer
|simple (11:18am est tue mar 01 2005)
if there is an add in the show then the show is paid for..
besides they are the ones placing it in the public domain.
more government control is never a good idea causes to much bloat to much buracracy and eventualy costs to much money
– by spork a fine product
|josh josh josh (3:05pm est tue mar 01 2005)
why do you ignore the practices of riaa?
you have to look no further than the childish "pirate" movement i so frequently speak out against today. this movement thinks all movies and music should be copied and distributed freely, and to hell with paying the artists, producers, or anyone at all anything at all…
those of us who legally acquire our entertainment end up paying more for it and getting stuck with every-more-arduous copy protection.
>>the five largest music companies and three of the usa's largest music retailers agreed monday to pay $67.4 million and distribute $75.7 million in cds to public and non-profit groups to settle a lawsuit led by new york and florida over alleged price-fixing in the late 1990s.
|for those who side with the enemy (3:08pm est tue mar 01 2005)
remember which groups tried to sue sony and their video recorders out of business. hint, it was not those nasty pirates, or napster, or kazaa. – by truth4u
|cry me a river… (3:49pm est tue mar 01 2005)
oh no, you mean to say that the riaa companies are going to shrivel up and die? and then music will cease to exist as we know it?
cool, then the pirates won't have to worry about lawsuits anymore and everyone else can watch tv without being hassled so much. – by ninjin
|the don't watch flag (1:40am est wed mar 02 2005)
they scream and cry that they're loseing the tech head with disposable income while doing everything to alienate them.
if i can't tivo it, i don't watch it. it's really that simple. some of the people i know have replay, some have cable company dvrs but everybody i know that actually *pays* for cable/sat has a dvr of some kind. yeah, cut off paying customers. it's the pirates that have the old hacked boxes and when they see a commercial, they'll probably just go shoplift whatever you're trying to sell them.
myself, i think all the bandwidth alloated to broadcast tv should be revoked and reauctioned to the highest bidder. most anybody who cares for tv already has cable or sat so the only reason you'd need broadcast tv would be for cars, where you shouldn't be watching it anyway.
as for price fixing. consider that they sell real licenced dvds in china for less than $2.50 usd. it's been demonstrated time and again that piracy reduces average prices in a free market because it is a type of competition.
|yip (6:19am est wed mar 02 2005)
why auction the bandwidth off? that's what has us paying the highest mobile prices in the world, cause we just gave our bandwidth away to big money keep the bandwidth public domain……
don't buy in to the price hike cause of piracy crap. they hike prices up because people are dumb enough to pay it. they did this with insurance fraud…..nevermind that insurance fraud costs insurance companies less than 3 percent of thier profit
– by pay attention
|well, duh! (8:15am est wed mar 02 2005)
'sentelle went on to remind the fcc that "you can't rule the world," and edwards, who told the fcc, "you've gone too far," pointed out that regulating end-user electronic devices in such a manner was analogous to "regulat[ing] washing machines." '
um, the department of energy does regulate washing machines. they need to meet certain minimum efficiency standards… that's why we're seeing all these new front-loaders, just like they sell in europe and have here in laundromats.
yet another case of one government agency not knowing what another is doing… – by ovenmaster
|re: well, duh! (1:14pm est thu mar 03 2005)
the point made was that the fcc doesn't have the power to regulate washing machines (or tv's). the judge was ruling over whether the fcc had the authority to mandate broadcast flags, not over the issue of the flags themselves. if there was a gov't agency authorized to regulate tv's and washing machines, and try to take over the world, and the eff had brought the case agaisnt that agency, the judge would have ruled differently. try thinking before you type – by realitycheck
|die die die (2:17pm est tue mar 08 2005)
i wish these business models would hurry up and die already. we don't need these big media companies. they just sell ad space and use the proceeds to buy bad law. – by floppy
|shake your head fcc (3:19pm est thu mar 10 2005)
"according to the fcc, broadcasters indicated they might forego broadcasting anything of value if it could not be guaranteed that it wouldn't be copied and pirated."
i love that statement. if the broadcasters cut back on content, or put out lower quality content (most is questionable anyway…) they will not have the advertising revenue that they do now, is the fcc that stupid? – by hooray for canada


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As a long time App Reviewer, I've had the chance to review many different apps since the launch of both the iPhone and Android App Stores. An early favorite of mine was Galcon, a real-time strategy game with a very simple appearance at first glance, but very strategic and captivating game play once you start digging into it.
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In most data centre designs there is a mixture of both copper and fibre infrastructure. This paper is not suggesting that one should replace the other, rather that each should be considered carefully with respect to the applications expected to be supported over the life of the data centre. With varied capabilities of networking equipment and cabling options, a thorough analysis should be performed to plan the most cost effective data centre infrastructure to maximize your return on investment.
Power and Cooling Efficiencies
There are several factors driving data centre specifiers and decision makers to revise, remediate, relocate or consolidate current data centres. Power and cooling are two of the more significant factors. In many legacy data centres, older-model air-handling units operate at roughly 80% efficiency at best, measured in terms of electrical use per ton of cooling (kW/ton). Newer units operate at between 95-98% efficiency depending on the manufacturer and model. In some instances, it is more cost effective for companies to write off unrealized depreciation in order to receive the efficiency benefits of the newer units.
But with any cooling equipment, conditions apart from the cooling unit itself can have a significant impact on efficiency. Simple steps like removing abandoned cable from pathways to reduce air dams and maximize air flow, installing brush guards or air pillows to maintain static pressure under the floor, and redressing cabling within cabinets to lessen impedance of front to back airflow, are all beneficial and are forcing companies to look at these and other relatively simple upgrades for improving power and cooling efficiencies. With green/ecological and power reduction initiatives swaying today's decisions, the circular relationship between power consumption and cooling is bringing facilities back into the discussions for selecting network equipment (e.g., servers, switches, SANs).
Increasing Storage and Bandwidth Trends
In addition to requirements for faster processing and lower power consumption, recent changes in legislation and mandates for data retention (Sarbanes Oxley for example) are driving storage costs up. While these vary by industry, governance and company policy, there is no question that storage and data retrieval requirements are on the rise. According to IDC¹, "281 exabytes of information existed in 2007, or about 45 Gb for every person on earth." As with any other equipment in the data centre, the more data you have and transfer, the more bandwidth you will need. To support faster communications, there are a growing number of high-speed data transmission protocols and cabling infrastructures available, each with varying requirements for power and physical interfaces.
To meet these increasing demands for bandwidth in the data centre, 10 Gb/s applications over balanced twisted-pair cabling, twinax cabling and optical fibre cabling are growing. The Dell'Oro Group, a market research firm, predicts that copper- based 10 GbE will expand to represent 42% of the projected 8.8M 10GbE units by 2010². A study by the Linley Group indicated that: "...by 2009, we expect 10GbE shipments to be well in excess of one million ports. The fast-growing bladeserver market will drive the demand for 10GbE switches. At the physical layer, the 10GbE market will go through several transitions. . . including a shift to 10GBASE-T for copper wiring." ³
10 Gb/S Infrastructure Options
There are several cabling alternatives available over which 10 Gb/s can be accomplished. Infiniband is one option. The single biggest advantage of Infiniband is that it has far lower latency (around one microsecond) than TCP/IP and Ethernet based applications, as there is much less overhead in this transmission protocol. Infiniband is gaining popularity in cluster and grid computing environments not only for storage, but as a low latency, high performance LAN interconnect with power consumption at approximately 5 Watts per port on average.
A single Infiniband lane is 2.5 Gb/s, and 4 lanes result in 10 Gb/s operations in SDR (Single Data Rate) mode and 20 Gb/s in DDR (Dual Data Rate) mode. Interfaces for Infiniband include twinax (CX4) type connectors and optical fibre connectors: even balanced twisted-pair cabling is now supported through Annex A54. The most dominant Infiniband connector today, however, utilizes twinax in either a 4x (4 lane) or 12x (12 lane) serial communication. These applications are limited to 3-15 m depending on manufacturer, which may be a limiting factor in some data centres. Optical Fiber Infiniband consumes approximately 1 Watt per port, but at a port cost of nearly 2x that of balanced twisted-pair. Active cable assemblies are also available that convert copper CX4 cable to optical fibre cable and increase the distance from 3-15 m to 300 m, although this is an expensive option and creates an additional point of failure and introduces latency at each end of the cable. One drawback to the CX4 Infiniband cable is diameter which is 0.549 cm (0.216 in) for 30 AWG and 0.909 cm (0.358 in) for 24 AWG cables.
With the release of the IEEE 802.3an standard, 10 Gb/s over balanced twisted-pair cabling (10GBASE-T) is the fastest growing and is expected to be the most widely adopted 10GbE option. Because category 6A/class EA and category 7/class F or category 7A/class FA cabling offer much better attenuation and crosstalk performance than existing category 6 cabling, the standard specified Short Reach Mode for these types of cabling systems. Higher performing cabling simplifies power reduction in the PHY devices for Short Reach Mode (under 30 m). Power back off (low power mode) is an option to reduce power consumption compared to category 6 or longer lengths of class EA, class F or class FA channels. Data centre links less than or equal to 30 meters can take advantage of this power savings expected to roughly 50% depending on manufacturer.
The IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-T criteria states a goal that "the 10GBASE-T PHY device is projected to meet the 3x cost versus 10x performance guidelines applied to previous advanced Ethernet standards" . This means that balanced twisted-pair compatible electronics, when they become commercially affordable, and not simply commercially available, will provide multiple speeds at a very attractive price point, relative to the cost of optical fibre compatible electronics. As maintenance is based on original equipment purchase price, not only will day-one costs be lower, but day-two costs will also be lower. Latency on first generation balanced twisted-pair compatible electronics chips is already faster than that written in the standard with latency near 2.5 microseconds.
At 1 Gb/s speeds, balanced twisted-pair compatible electronics offer better latency performance than fibre; however, considering latency at 10 Gb/s, currently fibre components perform better than balanced twisted-pair compatible 10GBASE-T electronics, but not as well as 10 Gb/s Infiniband/CX4. However, this will likely change with future generation 10GBASE-T chips for copper switches. It is important to remember that in optical transmissions, equipment needs to perform an electrical to optical conversion, which contributes to latency.
Balanced twisted-pair remains the dominant media for the majority of data centre cabling links. According to a recent BSRIA press release: ". . .survey results highlight a rush to higher speeds in data centres; a broad choice of copper cabling categories for 10G, especially shielded; and a copper / fibre split of 58:42 by volume. 75% of respondents who plan to choose copper cabling for their 10G links plan for shielded cabling, relatively evenly split between categories 6, 6a and 7. OM3 has a relatively low uptake at the moment in U.S. data centres. The choice for fibre is still heavily cost related, but appears to be gaining some traction with those who want to future-proof for 100G and those not willing to wait for 10 Gb/s or 40 Gb/s copper connectivity and equipment." 5
Optical fibre-based 10Gb/s applications are the most mature 10GbE option, although designed originally for backbone applications and as an aggregation for gigabit links. Fiber's longer reach makes the additional cost of fibre electronics worthwhile when serving backbone links longer than 90 meters. But using optical fibre for shorter data centre cabling links can be cost prohibitive.
Mixing both balanced twisted-pair cabling and optical fibre cabling in the data centre is common practice. The most common 10 GbE optical fibre transmission in use in the data centre is 10GBASE-SR. This will support varied distances based on the type of optical fibre cabling installed. For the OM1 optical fibre (e.g., FDDI grade 62.5/125µm multimode fibre), distance is limited to 28 meters. For laser optimized OM3 grade 50/125µm (500/2000) multimode fibre, the distance jumps to 300 m with future proof support for 40 and 100 Gb/s currently under development within IEEE. In order to increase the distances on OM1 grade optical fibre, two other optical fibre standards have published. 10GBASELX4 and 10GBASE-LRM increase allowable distances to 300 m, and 220 m respectively. However it is important to note that LX4 and LRM electronics are more expensive than their SR counterparts, and in most cases, it is less expensive to upgrade your optical fibre cabling to laser optimized (OM3) grade optical fibre as a cabling upgrade would not result in elevated maintenance costs due to the higher cost of the electronics.
10 Gb/S Infrastructure Options Progression from 1Gb/S to 10 Gb/S
In many cases for both optical fibre and balanced twisted-pair cabling, an upgrade from 1 Gb/s to 10 Gb/s will require a change of the Ethernet switch, as older switch fabrics will not support multiple 10 Gb/s ports. Prior to selecting balanced twisted-pair or optical fibre for an upgrade to 10 GbE, a study should be completed to ensure that power, cooling, and available space for cabling is adequate. This analysis should also include day one and day two operating and maintenance costs.
Power consumption for 10 Gb/s switches is currently a major factor in the cost analysis of balanced twisted-pair vs. optical fibre cabling in the data centre. With first generation 10GBASE-T chips operating at 10-17 Watts per port, lower power consumption is a goal and a challenge for 10GBASE-T PHY manufacturers. This is certainly something to watch as next generation chips are expected to have much lower power demands on par with Infiniband ports or roughly one half of the first iterations. The same was seen in gigabit Ethernet, which from first generation chips to current technologies, saw a 94% decrease in power from 6 Watts per port to the 0.4 Watts per port figure we see today. Supporting this is the recent release of a 5.5 W per port 10GBASE-T chip from Aquantia6.
It is further noted that IEEE is working on Energy Efficient Ethernet (802.3az) technology that will allow links to autonegotiate down to lower speeds during periods of inactivity - a capability which could reduce power by an estimated 85% when negotiating from 10 Gb/s to 1 Gb/s, and even further for lower speeds. Average power per 24-hour period will be far less when Energy Efficient Ethernet is built into future generation 10GBASE-T chips. This potential power savings is not available for optical fibre as there is no ability to autonegotiate over optical fibre.
Since optical fibre electronics cannot autonegotiate, a move from 1000BASE-xx to 10GBASE-xx requires a hardware change. In contrast, both 1GbE and 10GbE can be supported by 10GBASE-T balanced twisted-pair compatible equipment. Hardware changes cause downtime and a shortened lifecycle of the network hardware investment. There are several options for optical fibre communications at 10GbE. Each is characterized by range, wavelength and type of optical fibre media. The following table shows an estimated end-to-end cost comparison between various balanced twisted-pair and optical fibre data centre applications including estimated 3 year maintenance contract costs.
NOTES: 10GBASE-LRM requires Mode conditioning patch cords for OM1, OM2 increasing the channel cost by $700.00. 10GBASE-T is estimated based on 10x performance at 3x the cost from IEEE 802.3AN. Prices do not include chassis, power supplies or management modules which will vary with application.
* In this model, laser optimized (OM3) multimode fibre and category 6A F/UTP balanced twisted-pair cabling were used for calculating channel costs including installation with the exception of Infinband, which uses pre-assembled 10GBASE-CX4 cable assemblies. For details on cost calculations see Total Cost of Ownership White Paper at http://www.siemon.com/us/white_papers/06-05-18-tco.asp MSRP for Modules is based on Cisco® Systems.
The above figures do not include chassis costs, power supplies, management modules, etc. The costs listed are for a single interface only based on pricing available at the time of publication. The backplane and type of switch will vary with individual configurations. Twinax based Infiniband and 10GBASE-CX4 applications do not run on structured cabling systems. These cable assemblies are typically purchased from the equipment manufacturer and have a limited distance range of 15 meters. The cost of the 10GBASE-CX4 and Infiniband includes the average cost of the CX4 cable assemblies. For 10GBASE-LRM, Mode Conditioning patch cords are needed at each end of the channel if using less than OM3 fibre, increasing this overall cost to approximately $3,359.30 for each port.
As previously noted, on the optical fibre side there is a network hardware change required to move from 1 Gb/s to 10 Gb/s. Assuming that SR modules were used for both applications, a 1000BASE-SR implementation today upgraded to a 10GBASE-SR implementation tomorrow would have to include the costs for both systems for a total of $1,824.39 + $4,731.64 - $381.64 = $5,456.64, assuming that a capable optical fibre channel ($381.64) is installed and will be reused. For 10GBASE-T, since it is able to support both 1 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s and assuming the standards-based 10x the performance at 3x the cost, a single end-to-end channel supporting both speeds is $2,097.34 which translates into a savings of $3,004.44.
In a data centre with five hundred (500) 10 Gb/s capable ports using 1000BASE-SR today with a planned upgrade to 10GBASE-SR, the total costs including equipment upgrades (not including chassis, downtime or labor) is roughly $2.7 million. The equivalent using the autonegotiation power of 10GBASE-T copper based gear is roughly $1.0M. This translates to a 61% savings of roughly $1.7 million (excluding chassis, power supplies and management modules) when using 10GBASE-T over balanced twisted pair cabling.
It is no wonder that many experts agree that balanced twisted-pair cabling will remain a dominant solution for a long time to come. Most data centres, in reality, will be a mixture of balanced twisted-pair and optical fibre for Ethernet communications. Optical fibre will continue to enjoy its place in the data centre for storage applications and for distances beyond 100m or for those users with a higher budget who may wish to future proof for 100 Gb/s.
Siemon has extensive experience in data centres design assistance and implementation along with a global team to support you in your data centre decisions. For design assistance and other tools to help in the decision making process please contact your Siemon sales representative and visit www.siemon.com/uk/datacenter to learn more about Siemon data centre capabilities.
- "The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe: An Updated Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through 2011" - International Data Corporation, 3/2008.
- " Short-Reach 10GBaseT Cuts Power Consumption In The Data centre" - Electronic Design, 9/2007
- "A Guide to Ethernet Switch and PHY Chips, Fourth Edition" - Linley Group, 8/2007
- Supplement to InfiniBandT Architecture Specification Volume 2 - Annex A5
- "U.S. Data centre Structured Cabling & Network Choices" - BSRIA (March 2008)
- Press Release: "Aquantia Demonstrates Robust Performance of Industry's First Low-Power 10GBASE-T PHY at Interop Las Vegas" - Aquantia, 4/2008 link: www.aquantia.com/pdf/Aquantia_Interop_08_release_Final.pdf
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Additional reading
- Best Practices for Data centre Infrastructure Design
- Case Study: Robert Bosch Ltd - Applying Category 7 Cabling in the Real World
- Grounding for Screened and Shielded Network Cabling
- Increased Savings with Shielding — The Hidden Costs of Category 6A UTP Systems
- Cabling Lifecycles and Total Cost of Ownership
- Cable Sharing in Commercial Building Environments
Implementations (Siemon)
- XGLO® fibre assemblies meet the IEEE 802.3 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard
- TERA® Category 7/7A Structured Network Cabling offers performance to 10Gb/s and beyond
- Siemon's 10G 6A F/UTP end-to-end solution combines 10 Gb/s performance with the security, noise immunity and pathway space maximization of a screened cabling system
- 10G 6A UTP is Siemon's end-to-end 10Gb/s UTP Category 6A structured cabling system
About the Author
Carrie Higbie has been involved in the computing and networking for 25+ years in executive and consultant roles. She is Siemon's Global Network Applications Manager supporting end-users and active electronics manufacturers. She publishes columns and speaks at industry events globally. Carrie is an expert on TechTarget's SearchNetworking, SearchVoIP, and SearchDatacenters and authors columns for these and SearchCIO and SearchMobile forums and is on the board of advisors. She is on the BOD and fmr. Pres of the BladeSystems Alliance. She participates in IEEE, the Ethernet Alliance and IDC Enterprise Expert Panels. She has one telecommunications patent and one pending.
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