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Robert Withers <robert.w.withers@gmail.com> Mon, 21 December 2015 18:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [discuss] Questions
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>, Nathalie Coupet <nathaliecoupet@yahoo.com>
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On 12/21/2015 01:20 AM, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>> On Dec 20, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Nathalie Coupet <nathaliecoupet@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Could someone explain to me:
> Sure.  Open-ended questions often benefit from a little context which was lacking from these, but:
>
>> 1) what a network operator does on a daily basis?
> That’s easy: faster light. A simple matter of physics, I’m told. 
> Alternatively, we can make packets that enter our network leave sooner 
> and at a lower cost, reducing the delay portion of the bandwidth delay 
> product by drawing a straighter line (going through fewer kilometers 
> of fiber and fewer pieces of active equipment) between the IXP and the 
> customer. 

Are you guys really looking closely at quantum entanglement? I hope so. 
That would deal well with the delay.

best,
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