geo-based routing [Re: IPv6 news]
Pekka Savola
pekkas at netcore.fi
Tue Oct 18 06:32:35 UTC 2005
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com wrote:
>> http://arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us/ipv6mh/geov6.txt
>> will be quite of your liking.
>
> Not at all. This proposal is all about allocating addresses
> based on country boundaries and I reject this model. The
> Internet is a network of cities, not countries. The national
> boundaries are completely random in technical terms, but
> the cities are not random. The cities are where the people
> are, where the railways and roads are, where the channels
> of trade and communication begin and end.
Uhh, I'd say the internet is a network of networks, not a network of
cities. :)
But you bring a good point about railways. But are there enough
privately-owned railways to make a good analogue? (This certainly
doesn't apply to roads) I.e., when a dozen different railway
companies want to provide transport, do each and every one of them
build (parallel) tracks, stations, and trains on each city? I do not
think so, but I do not know if any sort of "roaming" agreements exist.
Or are you arguing that the basic infra (like the fibers) should be
city/government/etc. controlled so it could be used in more
cost-effective ways by all providers?
--
Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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