[23362] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: (!) Vint Cerf designing network for solar system (!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Aitken)
Wed Mar 17 16:48:30 1999
From: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@aitken.com>
To: feldman@mfst.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:11:49 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Steve Feldman writes:
> This leads to the obvious (for me, anyway) question of NAP
> placement.
>
> It seems to me that multiple providers on Mars wouldn't want to
> backhaul traffic all the way to Earth just to talk across the
> canal...
>
> MAE-Mars?
>
Of course, this raises another interesting issue; namely, that of
exchange point nomenclature. As inter-planetary networks evolve,
the term 'MAE' will become antiquated. I would suggest we use the
term Galactic-Area Exchange, but I fear a vehement response from
Jerry Falwell... ;-)
Of course, if MFS runs them, the concept of a Planetary-Area Exchange
is not without merit.
--Jeff
