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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (3197)	3/22/1999 1:07:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi John, I'm curious which tracert utility you use. Please advise. TIA, Ray

To: John Stichnoth who wrote (3197)	3/22/1999 10:09:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

John, a number of ideas or notions are implied in your last paragraph, if I've read you correctly. I don't mean to imply that they are yours exclusively, since they are commonly regarded among many of us who've come to depend on and enjoy the fruits of the 'net. The very subtle notion, for example, that maybe having a network of networks isn't all that it is cranked up to be. Then what? Return to a single fabric managed by a single entity charged with delivering end to end services? Some would argue that it would probably be better to have only a small handful of competitors whose network cores were very robust, employing multi-gigabit edge devices, and even some proprietary software where it made sense, to ensure customized services. But current realities suggest otherwise. Another notion implied in your last paragraph, in a subtle way, is that there is still an (a growing?) expectation that a minimal number of very robust pipes with QoS attributes will be made available by ISPs at a relatively inexpensive (if not almost free) price. Otherwise, I'm sure that you are aware, a private line to the destination city or to the target server itself, at your own cost, would afford you a much faster response time with zero intervening router hops. But we are loathe to go back to those days, for some very good reason$. In response to these, the larger carriers are offering what they are again calling their end-to-end 'net solutions, this time in the IP domain. MCI's OnNet is one, ATT's INC is another, and FON's ION is yet a third. TLAs abound. Tier One Backbone providers likewise have offerings that boast quality assurances and minimal hop counts, assuring us sub-second response times. At a price. At what price, however, and at what sacrifice of reach are these nets, in such a form that would be useful for our daily overall requirements? I ask this, given that the end points we wish to attach to may not be (or probably aren't) participants on any of these nets in a dedicated way. Or, is each web site expected to participate on all of them? Your ideas and comments are welcome. Frank_C.