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On 10/28/2009 02:34 AM, Richard Bennett wrote:
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CSMA/CD Ethernet was simply a best-efforts LAN, but switched Ethernet
is a QoS-capable WAN and facilities fabric as well; ever seen an
Internet Exchange Point? Big fat Ethernet switches sit at the heart of
them, passing multiple packets at a time in parallel. It's a whole
different concept of networking than the fat dumb pipe. <br>
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If I had seen an Internet Exchange point, what would looking at racks,
cables, power supplies, etc. tell me exactly?<br>
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And since the word "dumb pipe" is a construct largely used by operators
who use it to describe a "business model", and to explain the Internet
to Ted Stevens as a "series of tubes" but "not a dump-truck," what
contribution to Internet architecture is being made by this idiotic
thread now that Bennett has hooked people into his trolling rig?<br>
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"whole different kind of networking" is a really useful description -
it's up there with "carrier-grade" as a marketing concept that has no
content.<br>
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Bennett is *paid* by ITIF to throw out these kinds of statements,
calculated to get someone to extend a conversational diversion. He is
not contributing technically on this list which is about technology and
architectural *research*.<br>
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