From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com> Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Time for a real Internet highway (?) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:14:51 -1000

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The internet is global and without boundries. The US highway system is domestic with boundries.

the history of the interstate bill is quite interesting. among other things, it killed the trains, contributed to the degredation of the inner cities, ... and guess which industries lobbied it through.

and why does oahu have interstate highways, anyway?

All 56 miles of it, you mean? Be careful on that H-1, it's over 27 miles long. Might run outta gas... ;-) It's in the "Hawaii Omnibus Act of 1960...right between Opium Poppy Control Act and shortly before a passage headed Purchases of Typewriters" http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_129.html. Ever wonder why it's called the "National System of Interstate and *Defense* Highways"? Rhetorical question... Following NANOG methodology of late, we could make an analogy to a MAN here. Cars are packets, malformed data inside many packets >:-( MAJOR congestion at peak loads, no timing on the line, etc. scott