[10604] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet Backbone Index
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Leland)
Thu Jul 10 16:59:24 1997
From: Ken Leland <kwl@shell.monmouth.com>
To: kwl@monmouth.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:34:10 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: kwl@monmouth.com
In-Reply-To: <v03102812afeadce3be0d@[10.11.12.33]> from "Michael Dillon" at Jul 10, 97 11:55:15 am
Michael Dillon wrote:
> You aren't going to make latency disappear by replacing router hops with
> ATM switch hops. Those electrons still have to cross the continent.
em fields actually. Actual electron drift would be a real latency:)
Seriously, your point about layer2/layer3 switching/routing
tradeoffs is an excellent one. The transit time on long runs
has been so thoroughly discussed as a limiting factor that I'm surprised
we have to make this point again. (Marketing stuff I guess - My network
is better than your network cause I've got a bigger ...)
Or alternately shall we compare ... , nah.
Ken Leland
kwl@monmouth.com
