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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Address clustering intuition
On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Alan Hannan wrote: > ] I've formed an intuition that, if all IP addresses were portable (ie. > ] independent of ISP) and assigned on a strictly geographic basis, then > ] there would *automatically* be clustering of addresses equivalent to > ] that obtained from CIDRization as a result of marketplace forces and > ] the practicalities of technology. > > While this would perhaps increase the 'possibility' of aggregation > increase, it ignores the fact that networks are laid out w/ wires > and planned logically wrt tariff issues and existing infrastructure > and capacity. I don't see that this is relevant. If I call PacBell in San Jose, it's a 408 number. In San Francisco, it's a 415 number. What does this have to do with wires etc? The point is that every telephone company knows where 408 is and how to route traffic to it. -- Jim Dixon [email protected] VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 VBCnet West Inc +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684
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