On 2012-03-22 00:20, Tim Chown wrote:
> On 20 Mar 2012, at 23:13, Chris Grundemann wrote:
>
>> On 3/15/12 1:43 PM, "Brian E Carpenter" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> It's very likely that many homenets will have two providers
>>> (e.g. wireline and wireless) and therefore the issues that MIF is
>>> discussing all affect homenet, as far as I can see.
>> That's an interesting assertion. My personal read is that if we apply the
>> 80/20 rule, it will be the 80% (or more) of residential internet
>> subscribers (homenets) who choose not to pay for two providers.
>
> One of the things to nail down in/by Paris is the level of multihoming
> support required in the homenet arch text.
>
> Currently single CER, multiple uplink is required, beyond that multiple CER,
> multiple uplink support is only "desirable".
Realistically, if a random customer ends up with an ADSL box and a 4G device,
both capable of operating as a CER, they will both try to connect. If this
happens in 20%, 10% or 5% of homes, we're looking at hundreds of millions
of instances. It seems more than "desirable" that this works.
Brian
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