Ungodly packet loss rates

Tue Oct 22 04:46:29 UTC 1996

> > > In other words, the big players don't like the "open" naps and 
> > > are deliberately not installing sufficient bandwidth to them?
> > 
> > No, the open NAP's are bad engineering and the big players are fixing the
> > topology by routing around them.
> 
> But people keep claiming that some naps are well engineered and have 
> excess capacity and that the problem is the size of the pipes leading 
> to them.  Adding more pipes is easy enough, leading to the conclusion 
> that there are other factors at play.  
> 
> > Visualize a typical garden spiderweb. All the main strands lead to the
> 
> But a spiderweb is for trapping things.  Visualize Federal Express and 
> their "super nap" model for moving packages.  
> 
> 
Even FedEx has abandoned the "Super Nap" model to some extent.  FedEx
now has several contractors which run everything from Cessna Caravans
to 737's for local stuff like SJC/SFO/MRY<-->OAK -- OAK<-->LAX --
LAX <--> SAN/SNA/etc.

Owen DeLong
Private Pilot, Instrumet Rated
I hear 'em on the air all the time.