At 18:23 01/09/00 -0700, smd@clock.org wrote:

| Internet2 provides the same thing, only faster;

I'm sorry, but parts of my network are ALREADY faster than Internet2's network by a factor of four.

Other fully commercial networks are also well beyond the technology that most academics brag about. The ONLY interesting large-scale academic networking project is currently being done by CANARIE, which ironically I used to call a pretty bird with a beautiful song and no ability to fly anywhere.

Your thinking only about faster - not smarter. See my previous post. -Hank

If you want to appreciate interesting research networking ignore both I2 and v6, check out the MANET stuff in the IETF, and try to get the folks there to think much bigger scale.

Sean.