[53782] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharif Torpis)
Wed Nov 27 03:50:43 2002
From: Sharif Torpis <faust@grift.com>
To: <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 00:50:48 -0800
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0211270236530.6457-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
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"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never=
tried." - Mae West
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 03:06:30 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan wrote:
>
>On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Irwin Lazar wrote:
>>Thought this might be worth passing on:
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm
>><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm>
>
>Its difficult to tell what the authors have discovered since=
the
>paper
>won't be published for four months. From the press release I=
notice
>some language which would indicate it may have the same issues=
other
>Internet models have predicting the impact of physical=
disruptions.
>
>Q: What's the difference between airline traffic and highway=
traffic
>during a snow storm in Chicago?
>
>A: A snowstorm in Chicago doesn't have much of an impact on=
highway
>traffic through Dallas. But a snowstorm in Chicago does impact=
air
>traffic in Dallas.
>
>Air traffic in the US is a tightly coupled system. Air traffic=
is
>coordinated nationally, and passengers must make connections at=
fixed
>points which are difficult to change. Its difficult to get on=
a
>different
>plane heading in the general direction of your destination.
>Automotive
>traffic is loosly coupled. Auto traffic is locally controlled=
and
>cars
>may be individually re-routed towards its destination at many
>different
>points.
>
>Which analogy is closer to what happens to the Internet? Air
>traffic or
>highway traffic? Or maybe Internet traffic is like Internet
traffic.
