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hmm, unprecedented that.. who'd have thought it huh? ground breaking stuff jeezus glad they invested the time and energy On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Irwin Lazar wrote: > > FYI: Bell Labs recently conducted an analysis of the nature of Internet > traffic. Some pretty interesting findings. > > http://Networking.ittoolbox.com/browse.asp?c=NetworkingNews&r=/news/dispnews > .asp?i=44100 > > Through the use of sophisticated new software programs that analyzed and > simulated data traffic in "unprecedented detail," Bell Labs researchers > found that the "burstiness" seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet > disappears at the core. The discovery that traffic on heavily loaded, > high-capacity network links is unexpectedly regular may point the way to > more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower > cost, Bell Labs said. > -- Stephen J. Wilcox IP Services Manager, Opal Telecom http://www.opaltelecom.co.uk/ Tel: 0161 222 2000 Fax: 0161 222 2008
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