More Sidgemore on per-bit pricing (fwd)

Vadim Antonov avg at alink.net
Tue Dec 8 23:30:33 UTC 1998


Paul Vixie wrote:
 
> > Goodbye scalability.
> >
> > Please tell me what happens when a link carrying a million MPLS-ed
> > flows does flap.
> 
> I can't.  But scalability isn't important in the modern era.

Let us agree to disagree.

The way i see the future, private networks will eventually give way
to universal public utility network.  It will simply be cheap, fast and
reliable enough for most businesses.

Therefore, a relevant technology should be scalable.

--vadim



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