Re: Ungodly packet loss rates

[bmanning () ISI EDU]

> > > In other words, the big players don't like the "open" naps and 
> > > are deliberately not installing sufficient bandwidth to them?
> >
> > No, the open NAP's are bad engineering and the big players are fixing the
> > topology by routing around them.
>
> But people keep claiming that some naps are well engineered and have 
> excess capacity and that the problem is the size of the pipes leading 
> to them.  Adding more pipes is easy enough, leading to the conclusion 
> that there are other factors at play.  

        In fact... :)

        To borrow from your FedEx model.. 

        We can build bigger doors (MTU)  but the conveyer belts are stuck
        at 100Mm/sec.  We need faster conveyer belts!

        (waiting for HPPI-64 or G-Ether technologies w/ baited breath :)

        And then watch out 2-4Gbps backplanes... (that is aggregate right?)

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--bill
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