There’s been a lot of talk lately about the growth of the Internet. Two particular events, as far as I’m aware, have encouraged this. One of these was an announcement by Cogent that they were lowering prices. The other was the release of a Cisco whitepaper on global IP traffic growth.
Cogent has always been the [...]
Entries from June 2008
Growth of the Internet
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Internet · Network Architecture
My home’s power usage
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Recently I attached a multimeter to my home’s main electrical feed with a current clamp, and let it log around 24 hours of data. It’s summer and it’s hot, so I have several air-conditioners running (window units; I have an old home). There are my servers (running Linux), as well. And in the evening of [...]
Wagging the Dog: MPLS vs Carrier Ethernet
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
For a while now I’ve been hearing about a “war” between MPLS and Carrier Ethernet proponents. Sometimes it’s framed as an IETF versus IEEE debate. Sometimes it’s framed as the incumbent carriers versus next-generation service providers. And so on. Take for instance a blog post by Nortel’s CTO, John Roese, discussing The Future of the [...]
Tags: IETF · Internet · Network Architecture · Politics
The Geopolitics of China
June 17th, 2008 · No Comments
From John Mauldin’s Outside the Box: The Geopolitics Of China:
China has placed itself in a position where it has to keep its customers happy. It struggles against this reality daily, but the fact is that the rest of the world is far less dependent on China’s exports than China is dependent on the rest of [...]
