On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:49:23AM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
When you trace these interconnects around and include all the businesses that are connected to each other, although not entirely routeable to each other, the numbers become staggering. Now toss in the logistics of assignment and allocation strategies, and the politics of the larger companies demanding big pieces, you eat that 10/8 up in a heart beat.
Then put them on the damned Net. If they protocols, security and hardware aren't yet up to it, _fix_ _them_. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592