On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Stefan <netfort...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Jack Bates <jba...@brightok.net> wrote: >> >> >> Stefan wrote: >>> >>> hmmm ... >>> >>> >>> http://www.networkperformancedaily.com/2009/04/so_this_is_what_the_australian.html >>> >> >> Hmmm. "that leased lines and private WANs that your company can monitor and >> control from end to end make it easier to retain and improve network >> performance than relying on the Internet" >> >> Are 10G leased lines (or even 1G) and private WANs common these days without >> using MPLS or some form of resource shared with Internet traffic? And what >> is the point without the ability to communicate with others? I thought we >> were well past isolated networks. >> >> -Jack >> > > The point of the blog I quoted was that things are not only black, or > only white (as some have been tempted to judge - i.e. completely > bashing the original article). To your point - we need to communicate > with others (Internet - non QoS ...), of course, but the critical > production traffic runs for some on top of fully monitored (not > necessarily controlled!) networks ... still ... > > -- > ***Stefan > http://twitter.com/netfortius >
... and along the same line, but somehow parallel to the original conversation: http://fora.tv/2009/04/15/Empowering_Internet_Users_Two_Ideas_to_Reshape_Broadband#Coming_Soon_Privately_Owned_Fiber_Optics_to_the_Home -- ***Stefan http://twitter.com/netfortius
