Re: Multihoming - Resilience or Independence

[Gert Doering <]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 01:14:23PM +0200, Nipper, Arnold wrote:
> > The basic issue is that multihoming is not *the* answer.  It's *one*, and
> > it has to be evaluated whether it's the right one for any specific
> customer.
> 
> the basic issue is that multi-homing is *the demand*. And it's not the ISP
> who has to evaluate whether it's the right one but the *customer*. We live
> in a customer - driven world. Money makes the world go round, not techies.

Which is part of the problem, yes.  But as a responsible ISP, it *is*
our job to recommend to our customers the best thing for them, and for
the network in general.

Nobody is served if we all try to make as much money as possible this
year, just to see the basic infrastructure become unusable in a year or
two.  

Randy says the IRTF needs about 5 years to come up with a new routing 
paradigm, so it's our job to make sure what we have lasts until then.

> Go home and make your homework.

Why don't you keep out of this discussion if you don't want to contribute?

Besides, I *am* making my homework.  I point fingers at problems that some 
persons claim do not exist.  I point out possible (but inconvenient)
solutions.

Gert Doering
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