[148046] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: next-best-transport! down with ethernet!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Varriale)
Fri Dec 30 13:59:07 2011
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:58:16 -0600
From: Tony Varriale <tvarriale@comcast.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAL9jLaYTteHDApsS1io1=y_R4o=ArQoW5-mTqevJeST4MzLMaQ@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-To: tvarriale@comcast.net
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On 12/29/2011 9:06 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> (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)
>
>
I just came up with a new way implement ATM on the LAN so we can all get
along. It's called LANE. Oh wait...
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