Re: links on the blink
The net's usability slowly declined over the years until reaching a level even network engineers couldn't hand over, then it would suddenly take a leap to a new bandwidth plateau.
How about a few positive suggestions which could be implemented in the short-term.
Sean: Get more bandwidth. --jon. Dennis: Right. We are way overdue for a major step up in bandwidth. What we need is OC12 bit pipes (no stinking ATM cells) and Routers that can handle them. --jon.
Jon, what you suggest would be trivially obvious except that it isn't quite right. by the time we get anything that new installed, it had better be able to go a lot faster than OC12 or we'll be right back in the same pot on the day we put it in service. Native packets over SONET is indeed The Right Thing To Do. The more interesting question is what is the difference between switching and routing, and what is the role of each as the networks grow in size, capacity, and bitrate. (And no, I don't mean cells.) It is fair to say there are both technical and religous positions on this topic. (grin!) -mo
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Mike O'Dell -
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Sean Doran