[26169] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A call for the future. Was: Re: Verio Decides what parts ofthe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Wed Dec 8 10:24:41 1999
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 07:22:55 -0800
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> The phone system doesn't require anything close to millions of routes for
> LNP. Instead, at the time of call setup, there is a lookup that performs
> the translation between the portable number (which is the logical address)
> and the physical address (which to date is still mostly statically
> routed using a well-defined hierarchy based upon physical location).
and here is where the anology breaks down. a second or two of call setup
may be acceptable for establishing a phone call. it would be a disaster
on a per-packet basis.
ip is a connectionless protocol. before hitting the reply key, think about
that.
randy
