[2328] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Time zones, area codes, and other stupidity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gong)
Thu Feb 13 13:49:31 1992
To: brian@lloyd.com
Cc: skh@merit.edu, pushp@CERF.NET, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 12 Feb 92 22:47:14 -0800.
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 92 10:40:46 PST
From: "John Gong" <jgong@us.oracle.com>
> ARRGGGHHH! No no no no no no ... (ad infinitum)
> I am sure that most people have heard the arguments already. Network
> connectivity does not always follow geographic lines. Network
> connectivity is logical, not physical. Perhaps you can make address
> assignment authority a function of the physical location of the
> assigner but that is about all.
Er, wait a minute... the comment I made was made rather superficially in
response to another. I didn't intend for this to be a debated topic, and
therefore apologize to the distribution list. Let's lay this to rest, since
there are other more appropriate forums for this discussion.
However, I must not entirely agree with Brian. Having run an international
network in the past and involved with another currently, I concur that
geographic routing isn't the most important criteriu, as propogation delay,
speed of the switches, etc.etc. are more important than distance. Logical
addressing is also an important concept. But imagine the not-too-distant
future when networks are so fast that distance is the biggest delay; then
addressing based on location might have been prudent after all.
John
