Re: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Mon, 02 April 2001, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> *shakes head* people keep forgetting this. Do you guys also
> think you can solve the internets problems by adding more bandwidth?

The Internet has long practiced the "just-in-time,"
"solve-only-the-current-problem" style of network engineering.  If
we can solve the internet's problems for a few more years by adding
more bandwidth, why do something more complex?

Yeah, OSI/ISO, IPV6, ATM/MPLS etc solve several problems the Internet
doesn't have yet.  But until that time, gun the engine and ram the
envelope.  It may not be elegant, but it gets today's job done.