[142333] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Wed Jun 22 17:21:09 2011
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
In-Reply-To: <635D17EE85D35A49B8F278998E6C340459473A6B9D@EXVS.dev.oati.local>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:19:56 -0700
To: Erik Amundson <Erik.Amundson@oati.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
life safety systems run over the internet and pstn all the time if you =
want to talk about need.
Replace need with business requirement, and you're most of the way =
there... This discussion was going on this list 10-15 years ago and the =
numbers being squabled over were three orders of magnitude lower then =
they are today.
In 2021 I don't think gig-e to the curb, or what it's applications might =
be will be particularly controversial.
joel
On Jun 22, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Erik Amundson wrote:
> I agree, the whole use of the terms 'need' and 'want' in this =
conversation are ridiculous. It's the Internet. The entire thing isn't =
a 'need'. It's not like life support or something that will cause loss =
of life if it isn't there. The only thing to even discuss here is =
'want'. Yes, consumers 'want' super-fast Internet, faster than any of =
us can comprehend right now. 1Tbps to the house, for everyone, for =
cheap!
>=20
> - Erik
