Arbitrary Connectivity Considered Harmful
Kent England <kwe@buitb.bu.edu> Tue, 08 May 1990 21:25 UTC
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Date: Tue, 08 May 1990 16:29:02 -0400
From: Kent England <kwe@buitb.bu.edu>
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To: tewg@devvax.tn.cornell.edu
Subject: Arbitrary Connectivity Considered Harmful
Cc: tvondeak@nasamail.nasa.gov
> From: tvondeak@nasamail.nasa.gov (THOMAS VON DEAK) > Date: Mon, 7 May 90 07:33 PDT > To: <ietf@venera.isi.edu> > Subject: Help > > I work on a project (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite > Program) that will support single-hop, mesh networking, wide > bandwidth communications with a VSAT size earth station (dish > size less than 2.4 meters). Our program offers "free" use of the > satellite to researchers. > > Some researchers in Chile and Antarctica, among others, want to > gain access to TCP/IP based networks. > If we thought Europe looked "interesting" after Peter Kirstein's review of trans-Atlantic connectivity, and the Pacific Rim looked "interesting" after Torben's presentation, then I think that international connectivity after this guy gets through building a NASA satellite-based, mesh TCP/IP global net, will be equally "interesting". We should invite von Deak to speak to TEWG after he builds this VSAT network and before he plugs it into the Internet. --Kent [The title is a teaser. This VSAT net is not necessarily harmful. Just wanted someone to read this message. :-) ]
- Arbitrary Connectivity Considered Harmful Kent England
- Re: Arbitrary Connectivity Considered Harmful Guy Almes