On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:56:11 MST, "Murphy, Jay, DOH" said:
In your humble opinion, which transmission method is more efficient, packet or cell?
In my humble opinion, if you care about actual in-the-field efficiency as opposed to theoretical or in-the-lab results, I think you'll find that there is enough statistical spread between "best" and "worst" actual hardware for both packet and cell to swamp the theoretical benefits - there are good packet processors out there that will kick the butt of most cell gear, and there's good cell gear that will outperform some packet gear. And then there's cost issues - if cell is 5% more efficient, but 35% more expensive, is it really a good choice? (Unless of course you *need* that 5% to fit through a non-negotiable bandwidth notch someplace - but then you'll be screwed *anyhow* if your traffic grows 7%).