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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001, Sean Donelan wrote: > > On Mon, 02 April 2001, Adrian Chadd wrote: > > *shakes head* people keep forgetting this. Do you guys also > > think you can solve the internets problems by adding more bandwidth? > > The Internet has long practiced the "just-in-time," > "solve-only-the-current-problem" style of network engineering. If > we can solve the internet's problems for a few more years by adding > more bandwidth, why do something more complex? > > Yeah, OSI/ISO, IPV6, ATM/MPLS etc solve several problems the Internet > doesn't have yet. But until that time, gun the engine and ram the > envelope. It may not be elegant, but it gets today's job done. Because it tends to get people into the "Hrm, can just fudge it with $BLAH for now" frame of mind, and they stop looking long-term. Finding the balance between short-term and long-term is currently my hobby. :-) Adrian -- Adrian Chadd "The fact you can download a 100 megabyte file <[email protected]> from half way around the world should be viewed as an accident and not a right." -- Adrian Chadd and Bill Fumerola
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