[e2e] The Intra-Planetary Internet

[David P. Reed]

At 08:11 AM 8/2/01 +0100, Jon Crowcroft wrote:
>we need to urgently and boldly, go where IP has not gove before:
>straight downwards. We need to figure out how to modulate a signal so
>that instead of going 25,000 miles around the planet, we go 4000 miles
>through it:- i know Order(2 pi) reduction is not great in terms of
>scaling, but its hideously important in terms of latency at the speed
>of light -

It's only a factor of pi, Jon.  Unless there is a wormhole nexus in the 
center of the earth.  8,000 miles through it.


- David
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