[ih] principles of the internet

[Dave Crocker]

On 6/2/2010 7:25 AM, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>> For example, you could, today, build a network that was POTS user interface,
>> but independently routed packets inside.
...
> That's what the BT 21CN project is about: replacing the core of the
> telephone network with VOIP. The edges remain POTS for most subscribers.


This model of retaining interface behaviors while replacing the internals is 
remarkably well-established.

Netbios and  Ethernet are salient examples for this grup.

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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