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> The router side could turn the argument. "With a routed backbone, you can > actually SEE what is happening to your packets. It is not a hidden unknown, > thus prone to failure you can not diagnose. With routers you know it went > bad at nqu1. With switches, it just went bad." Cynics mike argue that lack of end user visibility of network problems is a compelling argument *for* NSPs to deploy switched backbones ... ("No, our backbone is just fine, { the NAP lost your packet | it got stolen by the packet fairies } " etc ...) Alex Bligh Xara Networks
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