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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum
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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (14701)4/22/2006 3:20:42 AM
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Frank, ftth, I'm not sure I can make a network-savvy reply here. It seems to me that common sense and simple observation suggest some realities:

1 - Any finite transmission medium can eventually become saturated with traffic.

2 - While the medium is finite, potential traffic may not be.

3 - At the saturation point, experience suggests that we resort to a heiracharchy of remedies:

A - Differentiation and prioritization of traffic using any of several metrics
B - Increased capacity
C - Alternative transport

If you'll excuse the comparison, our highways offer a good example of undifferentiated traffic. The constraints on additional capacity are cost, and a host of other considerations, which boil down to whether the additional capacity is advisable.

So we institute tolls, special lanes for high-occupancy vehicles, and so on. Or we improve capacity. Or we put people on trains and subways.

Interesting that some transmission media do not permit "A" - a pipeline carrying treated water, gas, or oil can only be remedied with "B" or "C".

That's true because differentiation has already been achieved.

I'm just as quick as others to revile capacity constraints dictated by the profit line, or some other questionable criterion.

But it seems to me that differentiation and prioritization are an inescapable reality of network usage, and User Pay will be the most "convenient" means of delaying or avoiding capital expenditures for capacity increases.

Jim
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