Re: links on the blink (fwd)

[hwb () upeksa sdsc edu (Hans-Werner Braun)]

> On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Hans-Werner Braun wrote:
>
> > A constant 10% packet loss (or any constant packet loss) means that the
> > network is underprovisioned.
>
> Agreed
>
> > These aggregations result in some degree of
> > steady state, but also burst behavior, which even in a well designed
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> People who have analyzed Internet traffic would disagree with that 
> statement. The traffic patterns on the Internet do not appear to converge 
> on a steady state when multiple packet streams are aggregated.

you're the greatest expert around here, obviously.

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