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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: topological "closeness" (RE: Web o' Wonder)
>On Mon, 13 May 1996, Mike Trest wrote: >> I am implementing a CACHE simply to improve on-net customer satisfaction. I >> expect the operational costs to be much less than the equivilent backbone or >> transit costs. If it has a side effect of reducting meet point traffic, then >> the entire net benefits. > >Doesn't this require reconfiguring the customer's browsers to point at a >proxy? Yes. Initial customer reaction is, at first, hesitant. However, when they try it an see *DRAMTIC* improvements in response times. This is predicated on the "closeness" of the cache relative to dragging the stuff over the whole world. Mike Trest, ATMNET Voice: 619 643-1805 5440 Morehouse Drive Fax: 619 643-1901 San Diego, CA 92121 Pager: 619 960-9070 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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