[148011] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: next-best-transport! down with ethernet!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Hill)
Thu Dec 29 14:58:56 2011
From: Tom Hill <tom@ninjabadger.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:57:47 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CAL9jLaYTteHDApsS1io1=y_R4o=ArQoW5-mTqevJeST4MzLMaQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 10:06 -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> 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!
Pfft. Everyone knows that Fibre Channel's going to replace everything...
The minute we get those 128Gbit/sec transmission characteristics,
Ethernet's gonna be as good as RS-485.
