At 01:44 PM 5/27/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
"Pickett, David" writes:
1) More needs to be done to leverage locality of traffic
In the long run, why are we assuming there will be locality of traffic?
It is true that the old PSTN has locality of traffic, but it doesn't have flat rate pricing, or the usage patterns that the Internet has. I argue that users are rarely more likely to be trying to download a web page from near to their homes than from far away. If there is locality, it is probably weak, and in the long run would only account for a fraction of the traffic.
You seems to be ignoring the single largest cause of rtaffic, e-mail. There is plenty of locality there. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com>rmeyer@mhsc.com Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ SecureMail from MHSC.NET is coming soon!