[5577] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ungodly packet loss rates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Oct 22 00:49:39 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 21:46:29 -0700
From: owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US (Owen DeLong)
To: michael@memra.com, jon@branch.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> > > In other words, the big players don't like the "open" naps and
> > > are deliberately not installing sufficient bandwidth to them?
> >
> > No, the open NAP's are bad engineering and the big players are fixing the
> > topology by routing around them.
>
> But people keep claiming that some naps are well engineered and have
> excess capacity and that the problem is the size of the pipes leading
> to them. Adding more pipes is easy enough, leading to the conclusion
> that there are other factors at play.
>
> > Visualize a typical garden spiderweb. All the main strands lead to the
>
> But a spiderweb is for trapping things. Visualize Federal Express and
> their "super nap" model for moving packages.
>
>
Even FedEx has abandoned the "Super Nap" model to some extent. FedEx
now has several contractors which run everything from Cessna Caravans
to 737's for local stuff like SJC/SFO/MRY<-->OAK -- OAK<-->LAX --
LAX <--> SAN/SNA/etc.
Owen DeLong
Private Pilot, Instrumet Rated
I hear 'em on the air all the time.
