At 5:04 PM -0400 9/16/97, Tim Gibson wrote:
If I may be so bold here Michael, the TTL of steel is significantly less than so many other datagrams, many due to R.educed U.seable S.urface T.ransparancy.
We think that we have the R.U.S.T problem licked by using stainless steel BBs and by using a petroleum based liquid transport medium. We need the mass of steel in the datagrams to protect against backhoe fade. After a few backhoe operators get torn to shreds by a stream of IP packets from cut transport pipes, those big yellow machines will show a little more respect and watch where they stick their big yellow buckets.
I can see it now... " We have a BS-3 down due to oil change maintenance." ---------------------------------------- Per Engstrom IXC Communications Broadband Services Network Operations (512)427-3836 pengstrom@ixc-comm.net