This seems to be about making infrastructure that can handle bigger packets, perhaps by packet analysis & bundling. It doesn't say anything about protocols.
I think Vint has said for years that the bottleneck is where the electrical meets the optical, it's still really the on and offramps. IP's inefficiency is what makes it reliable. joly At 01:44 PM 10/4/2007, you wrote: >Joly, > >what do you make of that? >I mean - is this another "immediate death of the net predicted" scenario that >we've been accustomed to hear since the late eighties? >Is this another method for companies to propose all sorts of software/hardware >or whatever other knick-nacks to "solve" a potential problem? >Where does this leave IPv6? > >I'd be interested in your views. > >Cheers, > >O. > > >>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119128309597345795.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace >>(requires subscription) >>* Our fraying Internet infrastructure (Commentary) >>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/01/EDGBSAN5C.DTL > --------------------------------------------------------------- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
