[1856] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Are we placing Technology Eggs in Right Baskets?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik E. Fair" (Your Friendly Postm)
Fri Jan 3 11:49:31 1992
From: "Erik E. Fair" (Your Friendly Postmaster) <fair@apple.com>
In-Reply-To: <9201022251.AA12352@tmn.com>
To: cook@tmn.com (Gordon Cook)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 92 08:44:21 -0800
Date: 2 Jan 92 22:51:05 EST (Thu)
From: cook@tmn.com (Gordon Cook)
Subject: Are we placing Technology Eggs in Right Baskets?
Will what is being learned now be easily transferrable to SMDS
and ATM applications?
In my opinion, not really - the T3 backbone is just like the T1
backbone, only faster (point to point bit pipes which connect IP
routers in a single network). ATM and SMDS transport of IP networks
poses some interesting routing problems which do not really occur in
the existing situation. This is what the "IP over Large Public Data
Networks" (IPLPDN - pronounced "eye plop down") working group of the
IETF is working on.
Is there any danger of 6 months or a year from now of the
current investment by the NSF in the DS-3 infrastructure being
perceived as obsolete?
Only if we can get something equivalent for less money, or faster for
the same or less money. Ceteris paribus, of course.
Erik E. Fair apple!fair fair@apple.com
