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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (758)	12/18/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: James Fulop	Respond to of 1782

Interesting article... "Optical Gear Makers Bend Routing Rules" zdii.com

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (758)	12/18/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: ftth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

>>Did you take it far enough? Don't know what you refer to...which aspect, and far enough in which direction? (i.e. what is "it"). So if it's neither extreme, and not some hybrid combination of both [big BW and QoS], then it seems it's not solvable in the current way of thinking. At least not solvable consistently and persistently, using some 99.9999%-like metric. Or, perhaps it's not solvable UNTIL the flows--at some point in the future when/if flow "content" becomes bounded--follow a stable growth path. Maybe the current way of aggregating traffic should be abandoned and a different dimension of aggregation explored. Of course, in the later case--even if a superior method could be devised--it would have to be orders of magnitude more superior and have an undeniable value proposition in order to overcome the politics. Just handling the statistical outlier cases better than current methods probably isn't good enough since those making purchase decisions consider statistical outliers as "impossible" until such time as it proves possible. This is sort of analogous to the decision to install traffic lights at an unlit intersections (which is not a cheap proposition) ONLY after a fatality, or only after a politician's kid ALMOST gets hit by a car--whichever comes first. dh