The Wired World of Sports Massive Network is an Olympian Feat

Ever wonder how the Olympics is brought to your television each night. Well it takes a lot of work from network professionals and here is a glimpes of what is behind the scenes.

The numbers start to overwhelm. In just the hockey venue, there are 25 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 80 kilometers of Cat 5 Ethernet cable, 1,500 Ethernet drops. And they had 12 days to install it all, after the Vancouver Canucks turned over the building to the Olympic organizing committee.

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Ever wonder how the Olympics is brought to your television each night. Well it takes a lot of work from network professionals and here is a glimpes of what is behind the scenes.

The numbers start to overwhelm. In just the hockey venue, there are 25 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 80 kilometers of Cat 5 Ethernet cable, 1,500 Ethernet drops. And they had 12 days to install it all, after the Vancouver Canucks turned over the building to the Olympic organizing committee.

Read More http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/02/massive-network-is-an-olympian-feat/