On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 09:51:54AM -0400, bob bownes wrote:
It sounds alot like the multi-tiered proposal I put forth about 3 years ago to build local exchanges on top of frame networks in certain cities, then interconnect cities to regional exchanges, then interconnect the regional exchanges. That architecture takes advantage of traffic locality as well as providing a path out for non-local traffic. If the individual regional exchanges have a small enough number of participants, they are easier to manage, and should one participant have alot of traffic going to regional or inter-regional exchange, you simply install a PVC to there. There is some breakpoint for scaling however...
Naaaah, Bob. That would mean that there might actually be some geographic locality of reference to Internet traffic -- you know, my telnet from Tampa to Auburndale, Florida, might actually not go via Orlando, Atlanta, DC, and MAE-East in New Jersey. And that would never be acceptable. Just ask Sprint, AT&T, GTE/BBN, and MCI. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com