Re: MTU of the Internet?

Curtis Villamizar's Feb 97 NANOG talk has some relevant and interesting info. See http://www.academ.com/nanog/feb1997/TCP-LOSS.html

<lots of speculation about packet sizes and mtus and the occasional bash at pmtud and microsfot thrown in for good measure>

To paraphrase a well-known quote, those who do not study history are condemned to re-invent it.