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gih900@jatz.aarnet.edu.au (Geoff Huston) writes:

>We  are  installing  a  768Kbps  link,  and  anticipate that this link will be
>operational in mid-March. As to how long this additional capacity can handle 
>demand growth .. 4 months would be about as optimistic as you can get. 


In addition to the 512Kbps link or instead of?


>In  the  longer  term  the relationship between the network provider and the
>customer base needs to change in order to  allow  the  provider  to  operate
>within  parameters of consistent quality of delivered service. At this point
>in time the relationships which provide the network are  intrinisically  not
>at  all  attuned  to  meeting  the  operational requirements associated with
>continual exponential growth in usage. How this change is  to  be  achieved,
>and  the timing of this effort, is perhaps the most critical task for AARNet
>right now if it is to  survive  the  unremitting  onslaught  of  exponential
>growth! 

Inglaise?
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