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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Public Interest Networks (was: Re: Consortium sheds light on darkfiber's potential)
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > > In message <[email protected]>, Deepak Jain writes: > > > > > >Vicky, I apologize if I am hijacking your thread. > > > >Is it just me or does all this talk of Research (and other Public > >Interest) Networks and logical separation by layer 1/2 leave [everyone] > >nonplussed? > > > >How is logical separation of a network [say via MPLS] much different > >than using a lambda to do the same thing? > > Wearing my researcher hat, the answer depends on what sort of research > you're trying to conduct. There are more things to do with a fiber > than just running IPv4 over it. yes, ipv6! :) Actually, some of the research networks seem to be places to test/eval new hardware, software, techniques and/or pass large datasets from lab to lab in larger collaborative projects. Often the faster/newer/sexier gear had been tested on these 'test' networks prior to deployments in the field. Steve is right though, it's not all ipv4 on the links...
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