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Re: Packet Loss

  • From: Larry Sheldon
  • Date: Thu Dec 14 16:49:00 2000 
> >> Never under-estimate the bandwidth of a mini-van filled with DLT tapes, on
> >> the freeway at 65 mph.
> >> 	- updated to current - rmeyer - original author unknown
> >
> >Andy Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", if I remember correctly.
> 
> *Much* older -- I first heard it in 1969, and I don't think it was 
> orginal then...

Where I was at the time (in the early '70's) our disaster recovery
documentation included a discussion on selecting the method of getting
our stuff to the "hot site" backup location (How many unfamiliar terms
have I used so far?).

Among the alternatives in that discussion were "wide-band truck" and
"wide-band airplane".

We thought we had invented the concept.
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