Internet II is coming...

Wed Oct 9 19:40:11 UTC 1996

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> There is a "perception" of lack of bandwidth. MAE EAST is running at %30 
> capacity of a 100Mb switched FDDI. Figure there are about 30 providers 
> each with 45Mb pipe - a bandwidth shortage does not add-up - There are 
> many other metrics that effect performance besides bandwidth. How does 
> Internet II solve the other sources of performance problems?     
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> Stephen Balbach  "Driving the Internet To Work"
> VP, ClarkNet     due to the high volume of mail I receive please quote
> info at clark.net   the full original message in your reply.
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The bandwidth issue IS a problem. If you look closely at the stats
you can see that traffic curves tend to flatten out far below the
theoretical limit. A number of factors that cause this are related
to I/O limits by major peers at the meet points.
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