At 02:17 PM 4/16/96 EDT, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
This proposal would appear to increase vulnerability to regulation. -Allen
From: IN%"educom@elanor.oit.unc.edu" 7-APR-1996 18:42:00.83
MORE ROUTERS = MORE INTERNET BROWNOUTS As businesses and Internet operators keep adding routers to speed electronic content on its way, the proliferation of routing devices actually begins to slow traffic, causing Internet "brownouts" -- when the response time slows to a crawl. The solution could be an updated Internet, redesigned for fewer, more powerful routers, so that data packets need fewer hops. "The U.S. Internet is about as reliable these days as the phone system in Russia," says NetStar's VP for sales and marketing. (Business Week 8 Apr 96 p82)
I'd like to hear of some estimates of the cost (total, and per-user) of installing the system, and running Internet on a daily basis. They are spread out over a large number of entities, but I'd think they could be estimated with at least a factor-of-two precision. What are the costs of laying fiber? Switching equipment? etc.