[148006] in North American Network Operators' Group
next-best-transport! down with ethernet!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Thu Dec 29 10:07:46 2011
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:06:55 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
(you forgot to change subj:)
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com> wrote:
> Next topic, ethernet is too chaotic and inefficient to deploy and support
> mission critical applications in LAN or WAN or data center.
yes, let's get something with say fixed sized packets, ability to have
predictable jitter and also, for fun, no more STP!
Ethernet is too complex, maybe something simpler? I hear there's this
new tech 'ATM'? it seems to fit the bill!
:)
(Happy new year almost)
