[32622] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: pretty cool paper re "myth of Internet growth numbers"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Sun Dec 3 13:04:10 2000
From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@arch.bellsouth.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 12:56:10 -0500
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My $.02..
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> You appear to miss the point of the work. The aim of the analysis
> was to demonstrate that data networks are designed for and used for
> different purposes than the voice network, and that the commonly held
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> notion that packet networks are superior to switched voice networks
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> because they utilize transmission facilities more efficiently is
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> just false. I am certainly not suggesting that average utilizations
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> should be used in designing networks of any sort. Again, there is much
> more that can be said on this topic, but should not be said on this list.
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err. in the ckt switched world, allocations typically are more ridgid than in
a given IP pipe. And this continues in its abilities to aggregate traffic. I
see that as a contradiction to the assertion your assertion that there's no
difference or that voice networks are more efficient than data networks
(depending on how you want to read your paragraph).
--
Christian Kuhtz <ck@arch.bellsouth.net> -wk, <ck@gnu.org> -hm
Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S.
"I speak for myself only."
