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Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP
From: Tony Mumm <tonym () netins net>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 09:44:31 -0500
Vadim Antonov <avg () kotovnik com> wrote
Hop-by-hop routing is on its way out....and not soon enough.Worked fine for the last 20 years. Can you substantiate your assertion? So far all alternatives were shown to bring more problems than improvements.
I am certainly not one to forget where we came from. It did, and will, have its place in the network. However, more end to end knowledge is required in a converged network. I am for one looking to ease the load of general traffic engineering. In the giant carrier backbone, it may be better to use your resources wisely, than to overbuild your network. I hear a phrase quite often "Everything is going to IP". Well, before my phone call is on IP, I want some guarantee that its getting from point A to point Z at the rate I'm paying for. On the OXC front: The usage that may become dominant, is more protocol agnostic. The sales of point to point lambda windows makes for a pretty cool application. This looks more to be a "carrier-to-carrier" application. Rather than leasing dark fiber, you can just buy a lambda to complete your ring...etc. We might finally have a good use for all this glass going in the ground. And before I slip too far off topic.... -tm
Current thread:
- Optical Crossconnects and IP Bora Akyol (May 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Vadim Antonov (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Mumm (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP smd (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Howard C. Berkowitz (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP David Diaz (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Howard C. Berkowitz (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Vadim Antonov (May 08)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Mumm (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Craig Partridge (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Mumm (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Li (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Bora Akyol (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Thomas P. Brisco (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Wayne Bouchard (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Li (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Bora Akyol (May 09)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Vadim Antonov (May 11)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Alex Bligh (May 11)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Tony Li (May 11)
- Re: Optical Crossconnects and IP Vadim Antonov (May 11)
(Thread continues...)