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Re: Fundamental changes to Internet architecture


From: Michael.Dillon () btradianz com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:48:06 +0100


Dave Clark is proposing that the NSF should fund a new demonstration 
network that implements a fundamentally new architecture at many 
levels.

The real work is done elsewhere. There _are_ commercial ISPs nowadays
who have 30Gbps (30, not 3) of native IPv6 bandwidth US-EU and can
provide native IPv6 transit throughout Europe and the US. But no press
releases.

I think Dave Clark is talking about something more fundamental than
simply IPv6 and also more far reaching. Also, the experience with
retrofitting most of IPv6's new features into IPv4 shows that it
is good to have role models and that is what Dave is proposing.

More information on the new architecture work is here
http://www.isi.edu/newarch/

--Michael Dillon


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