RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)

[gbonser at seven.com (George Bonser)]

> 
> Completely agree with you on that point.  I'd love to see Equinix,
> AMSIX, LINX,
> DECIX, and the rest of the large exchange points put out statements
> indicating
> their ability to transparently support jumbo frames through their
> fabrics, or at
> least indicate a roadmap and a timeline to when they think they'll be
> able to
> support jumbo frames throughout the switch fabrics.
> 
> Matt

Yes, in moving from SONET to Ethernet exchange points, we have actually
reduced the potential performance of applications across the network for
no good reason, in many cases.