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Re: bandwidth in the Internet
When I said '...one would argue...', I didn't necessarily mean I
would be the one to argue the point. ;-)
- paul
At 04:22 PM 9/10/96 +0400, Edgar Der-Danieliantz wrote:
>> And although this is drifting far afield of IPSEC (and one would
>> also argue whether or not these locations could be considered part
>> of the Internet-at-large or not, but I digress), there are plenty
>> of places on the planet where getting any bandwidth *at all* is
>> still a major excerise. A lot of the South Pacific islands still
>> have problems getting better than 2400 bps.
>
>You mean satellite-connected networks aren't Internet? 70% of non-US
>networks are connected via satellite links, with speeds ranging from 56k
>to 8mbps. Only small percent of networks connected via fiber, etc.
>
>Just my 5c, IMHO,
>
>
>-edgar
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>
>
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Subject: Re: bandwidth in the Internet
To: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:22:26 +0400 (AMT)
Cc: rja@cisco.com, ipsec@TIS.COM
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Ferguson" at Sep 10, 96 08:00:28 am
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> And although this is drifting far afield of IPSEC (and one would
> also argue whether or not these locations could be considered part
> of the Internet-at-large or not, but I digress), there are plenty
> of places on the planet where getting any bandwidth *at all* is
> still a major excerise. A lot of the South Pacific islands still
> have problems getting better than 2400 bps.
You mean satellite-connected networks aren't Internet? 70% of non-US
networks are connected via satellite links, with speeds ranging from 56k
to 8mbps. Only small percent of networks connected via fiber, etc.
Just my 5c, IMHO,
-edgar
From: Edgar Der-Danieliantz <edd@aic.net>
Message-Id: <199609101234.QAA00689@aic.net>
Subject: Re: bandwidth in the Internet
To: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 16:34:24 +0400 (AMT)
Cc: edd@aic.net, rja@cisco.com, ipsec@TIS.COM
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960910122701.006d4e5c@lint.cisco.com> from "Paul
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> When I said '...one would argue...', I didn't necessarily mean I
> would be the one to argue the point. ;-)
>
> - paul
Okay, pardon me, I missed it :o)
-edd