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Re: The power of default configurations

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Mon Apr 11 00:40:10 2005

Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:39:43 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>
In-reply-to: <20050410222434.B12774@cgi.jachomes.com>
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:


> but that was five years ago.  Have manufacturers *really* not made that
> item a default by now?  Have providers *really* not changed out that

yes, they really haven't :( more people ought to reference RFC3871 in
their RFP's and stop accepting sub-standard equipment? ..dreams...

> equipment in five years?  I mean, this is internet time, right?

Yes, reference bubble-bursting, reference '100% growth of bandwidth each
year' misrepresentations... backbone/network/company consolidations...

oh well.

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