Lectures notes for 2010 - KTH

Speed
“... The Internet world moves fast. The integration of voice and data onto a single network is
not being lead by the International Telecommunications Union or by Bellcore. Rather, its
being lead by entrepreneurs like …. Until now, the voice networks dominated. Data could
ride on top of the phone network -- when it was convenient. The explosion of data networking
and Internet telephony technology is making the opposite true. Now voice can ride on data
networks -- when it is convenient.” 1
Because of bandwidth constraints, Internet telephony would not be a
major factor “for a long time -- maybe nine to twelve months.”
Internet time - 7x real time
-- Ira Goldstein, HP
-- president of a major ISP 2
1. from http://www.dialogic.com/solution/internet/apps.htm {no longer a valid URL}
2. from http://www.dialogic.com/solution/internet/apps.htm {no longer a valid URL}
Maguire Speed 1: 31 of 104
maguire@kth.se 2010.03.21 Internetworking/Internetteknik