Re: Risk of Internet collapse grows

[Sharif Torpis <faust () grift com>]

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"Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never
tried." - Mae West

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 03:06:30 -0500 (EST), Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Irwin Lazar wrote:
> > Thought this might be worth passing on:
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm
> > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2514651.stm>
>
> Its difficult to tell what the authors have discovered since the
> paper
> won't be published for four months.  From the press release I notice
> some language which would indicate it may have the same issues other
> Internet models have predicting the impact of physical disruptions.
>
> Q: What's the difference between airline traffic and highway traffic
> during a snow storm in Chicago?
>
> A: A snowstorm in Chicago doesn't have much of an impact on highway
> traffic through Dallas.  But a snowstorm in Chicago does impact air
> traffic in Dallas.
>
> Air traffic in the US is a tightly coupled system. Air traffic is
> coordinated nationally, and passengers must make connections at
fixed
> points which are difficult to change.  Its difficult to get on a
> different
> plane heading in the general direction of your destination.
> Automotive
> traffic is loosly coupled.  Auto traffic is locally controlled and
> cars
> may be individually re-routed towards its destination at many
> different
> points.
>
> Which analogy is closer to what happens to the Internet?  Air
> traffic or
> highway traffic?  Or maybe Internet traffic is like Internet
traffic.