Re: geo short vs long term? [Re: Geo pros and cons]

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

>>> Connectivity within a continent may be a given for all continents
>>> at some point in the future. Today it's only really a given for
>>> North America, Australasia and Europe.
>> if you don't count the oceanic island nations, se asia, ...  all of
>> which backhaul a long way.  net topology is extremely different
>> from geography.  this repeating idea of geographic aggregation
>> simply ignores reality.
> Trying to get something right that was done wrong in the past isn't 
> "repeating".

not taking lessons from history and physical reality is naive at best,
and dangerous at worst.

randy