Jay R. Ashworth sez:
This is happening already, and it pushes one of my buttons _really_ hard.
The geographic locality of reference of the current Internet is pathetic. When my telnet session from St Pete to Tampa, Florida, goes via MAE-East, or worse, MAE-_West_, there's something _seriously_ wrong.
One major "Crazy Eddie" factor you're not acknowledging is: lines do not cost a linear amount per mile. Sometimes 'longer' costs way less, due to this magical artifact called a "Tariff"... (And Jay, if you start claiming there IS logic & reason in the tariff process, you will get a room next to John Hinkely..) -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433