[56414] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 923 Mbps across the Ocean ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Fri Mar 7 17:10:46 2003
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 22:07:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: fingers <fingers@fingers.co.za>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030307235353.Q49505@snow.fingers.co.za>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, fingers wrote:
>
> > > Production commercial networks need not apply, 'lest someone realize that
> > > they blow away these speed records on a regular basis.
> >
> > What kind of production environment needs a single TCP stream of data
> > at 1 gigabit/s over a 150ms latency link?
>
> what kind of production highway sees the kinds of cars that reach the
> world land speed records?
>
> why is it that nanog'ers seem to display such aggression at this type of
> thing? is it the article itself, the work the researchers are doing, or
> the fact that they had the bandwidth and hardware to do it with?
to be fair (as I was first to flame!) it is presented out of context in a poorly
written and somewhat misleading news article
Steve
