Roger Critchlow wrote:
> The solutions proposed to solve the melt down, such as token ring and 
> ATM, mostly involve a less anarchic sharing algorithm.  Yet the most 
> successful solution to the melt down has been to increase the size of 
> the shared resource. 
Well, the fix is by in large switching (e.g. stop lights and area 
specific transports), not just a single faster shared medium.   
Switching puts an upper limit on the impact of any one user on the network.

Marcus

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