Re: IPv6 allocatin (was Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting)

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>]

At 18:23 01/09/00 -0700, smd () clock org wrote:


> | Internet2 provides the same thing, only faster;
>
> I'm sorry, but parts of my network are ALREADY faster than Internet2's
> network by a factor of four.
>
> Other fully commercial networks are also well beyond the technology
> that most academics brag about.   The ONLY interesting large-scale
> academic networking project is currently being done by CANARIE, which
> ironically I used to call a pretty bird with a beautiful song and no
> ability to fly anywhere.

Your thinking only about faster - not smarter.  See my previous post.

-Hank


> If you want to appreciate interesting research networking ignore
> both I2 and v6, check out the MANET stuff in the IETF, and try
> to get the folks there to think much bigger scale.
>
>         Sean.