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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Ejay Hire wrote: > I similar technology has been discussed before, and I believe it is still a > viable option: RFCs 1149 and 2549, Avian Carriers. While avian carriers do > present problems, (flapping, unpredictable delay, queuing issues, and buggy > implementations (specifically lice and mites)), I believe they are a better > option than IP via Balloon. Balloons offer higher bandwidth (practically any > payload size can be accommodated with a larger envelope), but the connection > is much slower and less predictable than avian carrier. Balloon carrier > retransmits are very expensive and the TTL is affected by the cost of propane > and the general wind direction. Interesting, altho avian carriers is in the RFCs and has actually been used, balloons have not, perhaps you should do an experiment to compare them ;p > As an alternative, perhaps we should consider IP via dirigible. A properly > sized airship loaded with a high speed DVD-rw library comprising (tens of ) > thousands of discs providing a very high bandwidth, high latency, low loss (if > helium is used instead of hydrogen) carrier might be an option. Actually I think that was a spin-off of the thread not so long ago where they broke the data speed record. Carrying such a quantity of DVDs (or similar media) on a plane such as concorde does produce higher bandwidths than current "fat pipes" Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Petri Helenius [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:50 PM > To: [email protected]; Rich Casto > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: East Coast outage? > > > > > subsidize) local power generation via renewable energy sources (e.g. > > > solar, wind, hydro) it would go a long way towards solving this problem. > > > > Rubbish. > > > > If in order to make it viable such energy needs to be subsidized then it is > > not "affordable". > > > And solar nor wind are good for base energy production so we�re stuck > with other methods unless you want to move IP packets only when it�s windy. > > Maybe we could attach the packets to hot air balloons and send them with the wind? > > Pete > > >
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