[Outages-discussion] Internet "backbone"

[Brandon Galbraith]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Joseph Jackson <jjackson at aninetworks.net>wrote:

> I think we should disabuse the notion that there is a Internet "backbone".
>  With all the interconnection of networks and POPs that services Internet
> connectivity is it correct to still consider that the internet has a
> backbone?  This isn't the NSFnet anymore with a few long haul links between
> sites.  When someone says Internet Backbone what are they trying to
> describe since such a physical infrastructure doesn't really exist anymore.
>
> Just a thought I had...
>
> Joseph
>

"Internet Backbone" = in reality, internet "core fabric"

I agree that the notion of an end to end physical backbone is antiquated,
but believe people still use the term to describe what you would consider
to be the core switching areas.

2 cents,
Brandon
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