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A possible problem with more regulation possible?

	This proposal would appear to increase vulnerability to regulation.
	-Allen

From:	IN%"[email protected]"  7-APR-1996 18:42:00.83

>MORE ROUTERS = MORE INTERNET BROWNOUTS
>As businesses and Internet operators keep adding routers to speed electronic
>content on its way, the proliferation of routing devices actually begins to
>slow traffic, causing Internet "brownouts" -- when the response time slows
>to a crawl.  The solution could be an updated Internet, redesigned for
>fewer, more powerful routers, so that data packets need fewer hops.  "The
>U.S. Internet is about as reliable these days as the phone system in
>Russia," says NetStar's VP for sales and marketing.  (Business Week 8 Apr 96
>p82)