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From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:16:48 -0000, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com said:
is there a clear understanding of "the edge" in the network operations community? in a simpler world, it was not that difficult, but interconnect has blossomed and grown all sorts of noodly appendages/extentions. I fear that edge does not mean what you think it means anymore.
For 5 9's worth of eyeball networks hanging off consumer-grade ADSL and cable connections, it's still the edge and still trivially filterable. If that's a problem, the ISP can upsell a business-class connection that doesn't filter. ;)
C'mon guys: the edge is where people who *source and sink* packets connect to people who *move* packets. There may be some edges *inside* carriers, but there is certainly an edge where carriers hook up customers. And no, this should apply to business-grade connections as much as resi. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274