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Re: IP-Internets

From: shields () msrl com (Michael Shields)
Date: 14 Oct 1999 21:04:48 +0000


In article <Pine.SUN.4.10.9910142002090.547-100000 () virgin relcom eu net>,
"Alex P. Rudnev" <alex () virgin relcom eu net> wrote:

4- what is the maximum distance between any two points in a autonm.
system?

40,000 Km / 2 = 20,000 Km. -:)


You assume that all packets travel a great circle distance, which
is not the case.  Route miles can be much greater and can involve
trips to geosynchronous orbit...
-- 
Shields.

Current thread:

IP-Internets Bulent Yener (Oct 14)
- Re: IP-Internets Alex P. Rudnev (Oct 14)
  - Re: IP-Internets Deepak Jain (Oct 14)
  - Re: IP-Internets Michael Shields (Oct 14)
- Re: IP-Internets Tim Salo (Oct 14)
  - Re: IP-Internets Alex P. Rudnev (Oct 14)
  - Re: IP-Internets Robert E. Seastrom (Oct 14)
- Re: IP-Internets Alan Hannan (Oct 14)
  - Re: IP-Internets Alan Hannan (Oct 14)
    - Re: IP-Internets dave o'leary (Oct 14)
    - Re: IP-Internets Bulent Yener (Oct 15)
    - Re: IP-Internets Alan Hannan (Oct 15)
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    - Re: Probelms Between Seattle & SanJose (or just at SJ?) anyone else ? Randy Bush (Oct 15)

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