[12023] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Top 10 networks more shaky than T3.....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Robinson)
Mon May 2 18:05:08 1994
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 06:14:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Robinson <PAUL@tdr.com>
Reply-To: Paul Robinson <PAUL@tdr.com>
To: Everyone Else Lurking on Com-Priv <com-priv@psi.com>,
IETF List <ietf@cnri.reston.va.us>, telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu
Top 10 less reliable networks than NSFnet's T3:
10. Cans tied together with string during a San Fran 8.5 earthquake.
9. The Arthritic's Morse Code net.
8. AT&T's net during a transparent software upgrade.
7. Bouncing signals off satellite, orbiting asteroid near Alpha Centauri.
6. "Great Valleys Of The World"'s semaphore net.
5. Chain-packet net (every time you get a packet, send off two more).
4. Using carrier mackerel across the Sahara.
3. Single Side Band transmitted from ground zero of a thermonuclear
explosion.
2. 100 monkeys sending at random (by chance,
they'll eventually send the information you want sent).
1. L.A.'s smog signal net.
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