Re: The Pointlessness of Five 9's Reliability

Even disregarding the issue of whether 99.999% network reliability is possible, people have made it abundantly clear that they don't want it. In this case I define "to want" as "to be willing to pay even a little bit extra for". This is even the case in POTS telephony. I know lots of people who are happy to use 2 cpm long distance from Priceline et al, even though half the time the call doesn't go through. -- John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 387 6869 johnl@iecc.com, Village Trustee and Sewer Commissioner, http://iecc.com/johnl, Member, Provisional board, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail