GC> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:58:06 -0400 GC> From: Gordon Cook GC> I published a two month issue last weekend with the bottom GC> line conclusion that there can be no telecom recovery as GC> long as the industry relies solely on the best effort GC> business model which I believe is not economically GC> sustainable. The PSTN doesn't offer guaranteed end-to-end transmission, and certainly statmuxes based on expected load. Looks like similar capacity planning. Perhaps you refer to latency. Most people don't care as long as HTTP and POP3 latency is "good enough" -- and server response time is often a substantial consideration. SMTP really isn't picky about latency or jitter. Maybe you mean packet loss. Most everyone here can recall the days of 30% packet loss across congested MAE FDDI fabric, but that went away what seems like eons ago. Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.