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Fri May 1 02:42:35 UTC 2009

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Stefan <netfortius at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jack Bates <jbates at brightok.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Stefan wrote:
>>>
>>> hmmm ...
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2009/04/so_this_is_what_the_australian.html
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm. "that leased lines and private WANs that your company can monitor and
>> control from end to end make it easier to retain and improve network
>> performance than relying on the Internet"
>>
>> Are 10G leased lines (or even 1G) and private WANs common these days without
>> using MPLS or some form of resource shared with Internet traffic? And what
>> is the point without the ability to communicate with others? I thought we
>> were well past isolated networks.
>>
>> -Jack
>>
>
> The point of the blog I quoted was that things are not only black, or
> only white (as some have been tempted to judge - i.e. completely
> bashing the original article). To your point - we need to communicate
> with others (Internet - non QoS ...), of course, but the critical
> production traffic runs for some on top of fully monitored (not
> necessarily controlled!) networks ... still ...
>
> --
> ***Stefan
> http://twitter.com/netfortius
>

... and along the same line, but somehow parallel to the original conversation:

http://fora.tv/2009/04/15/Empowering_Internet_Users_Two_Ideas_to_Reshape_Broadband#Coming_Soon_Privately_Owned_Fiber_Optics_to_the_Home

-- 
***Stefan
http://twitter.com/netfortius