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Re: Metcalfes "imminent death of the internet" prediction

George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au> Fri, 26 July 1996 08:41 UTC

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To: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
Cc: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>, big-internet@munnari.oz.au
Subject: Re: Metcalfes "imminent death of the internet" prediction
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 18:15:25 +1000
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From: George Michaelson <ggm@connect.com.au>
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How about Brian Carpenters metrics for inter-peer negotiation? If these
criteria establish how ISPs change money, maybe they also define how we
can measure congestion in meaningful ways? Certainly with cash attached,
people are going to be collating and archiving a *LOT* of useful data...

-George
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