Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 11:16:24 -0700 From: Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
my expectation is that when the last mile goes to 622Mb/s or 1000Mb/s, exchange points will all be operating at 10Gb/s, and interswitch trunks at exchange points will be multiples of 10Gb/s.
I guess Moore's Law comes into play again. One will need some pretty hefty TCP buffers for a single stream to hit those rates, unless latency _really_ drops. (Distributed CDNs, anyone? Speed of light ain't getting faster any time soon...) Of course, IMHO I expect DCDNs to become increasingly common... but that topic would warrant a thread fork. Looks like RR ISLs are feasible between GigE+ core switches... -- Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.