<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">"</span></font><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Eventually they discovered that it was more cost efficient to actually provide the customer with what the customer had purchased."</span><div><font face="monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="monospace">Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Big content has been making this more complicated.<br></font><br><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;"><b>From: </b>"Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf@dessus.com><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, November 22, 2018 1:31:24 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>RE: Internet diameter?<br><br>>> I'd argue that's just content (though admittedly a lot of it).<br><br>"just static content" would be more accurate ...<br><br>>I would further argue that you can't cache active Web content, like<br>>bank account statements, utility billing, help desk request/responses,<br>>equipment status, and other things that change constantly.<br><br>There were many attempts at this by Johhny-cum-lately ISPs back in the 90's -- particularly Telco and Cableco's -- with their "transparent poxies". Eventually they discovered that it was more cost efficient to actually provide the customer with what the customer had purchased.<br><br>---<br>The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.<br><br><br>>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Stephen<br>>Satchell<br>>Sent: Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 20:45<br>>To: nanog@nanog.org<br>>Subject: Re: Internet diameter?<br>><br>>On 11/21/2018 07:32 PM, Ross Tajvar wrote:<br><br><br><br></div><br></div></div></body></html>