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To: Stuart C Hall who wrote (2654)	8/7/1998 12:17:00 AM
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Ok. I'll just say that the backbone is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. The crawling is the backbone overload. AOL is attempting to utilize bandwidth management at big pipe backbone level to prevent a data brownout. This isn't so critical to smaller ISPs, but with AOL's size, it is a significant factor in their own operating overhead on top of considerations of retention of market share. It only becomes pronounced at peak or high load times and whatever they do helps all of those still stranded on copper whether they have AOL or some other copper ISP. By the way AOL bashing doesn't make sense. We can criticize their execution or style, but they are the pioneers and carry much weight and value. I don't like them for the same reasons you don't plus I don't care for their CEO. Nonetheless, for the foreseeable future they will play a fundamental role in the internet. The proof of that will be seen when they decide which way they'll go to solve the high speed problem. Like others I hope they come ATHM's way to solve it.

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