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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (36869)	11/26/2010 8:32:44 AM
From: ftth	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 46821

re: "...where storage/processing/mediation is actually taking place, that will make low-latency transport, i.e, the instantaneity of delivery, mandatory attributes of the network going forward." The HFT "trickle-down" effect? (i.e. lessons learned from the many dimensions of HFT network optimizations serve to improve cloud computing) (not sure if I should put a smiley after that or not) Referring back to elmat's statement about the cloud serving as a remote hard drive (and/or remote computing resources (hardware and software), low latency is important but high (and symmetric) transfer rates are very important as well. In effect, the broadband network begins to serve as an external computer bus--think long-distance USB or eSATA connecting to a remote hard drive. Around 100Mbps+ is needed as a minimum starting point. Otherwise, the remote hard drive usage experience is more like that of a floppy drive, or even slower (at broadband service thruputs under say 10Mbps (and even lower upstream rates). That wouldn't be tolerable, and eventually the usage experience has to be transparent between local and remote computing resources. 3G wireless need not apply (likewise for 4G, at least the early years). You may recall our discussion 7-8 years ago about "high rate burst mode" for these sorts of usage models--long before the term "cloud" became fashionable. The main idea being that streaming video is NOT the justification for high rate (e.g. 100Mbps symmetric) broadband service. NFCTF discussions once again, way ahead of our time. If only we could monetize it ;o)