Re: backbone question

[Curt Howland <howland () nsipo arc nasa gov>]

So that the backbone is never a source of problems,
and the backbone network operations can point back
to the LAN folks and say, "Nya nya!"

> Why should the performance of a backbone network generally be higher then 
> that of the networks it interconnects.
>
> i would appreciate a reply
>
> thank you
>
> salvatore amico