[127425] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadband initiatives - impact to your network?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Feldman)
Mon Jun 28 19:14:38 2010
From: Jonathan Feldman <jf@feldman.org>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2iq52bwm5.wl%randy@psg.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:13:55 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I've never claimed to be particularly bright, but I do like to
challenge assumptions.
I meant "privately owned campuses spanning many miles." Is that a
WAN? LAN? "MAN"? Seriously, should there really be a difference?
If so, why must there be a difference? Let's not forget that ADSL is
distance limited. Should it have ever been classified as a WAN
technology? Compare that to fiber-connected Ethernet, a so-called LAN
technology that goes miles and miles.
On Jun 28, 2010, at 6:50 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> The question, in my mind, is whether it's reasonable to ask that
>> regional providers reach the same bar as privately owned campus
>> networks.
>
> you are comparing LAN to WAN, never a bright idea
>
> randy
