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[Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

> 
> > NHRP just destroys IP layer with no merit.
> 
> First let's prove conclusively that real integrated services over IP work 
> as people hope.

That's impossible.

Science is useful to conclusively prove something impossible.

For example, we know NHRP can't scale because it destroys the IP layer
and no politics can affect it.

But, the only meaningful proof of possibility is to actually construct
it with which science has nothing to do. It is just engineering.

It can be said that no one has ever proved the real integrated services
over IP impossible.

> Then we can re-evaluate the worth of NHRP.

How can you expect me perform something impossible only to let you
re-evaluate the proven-to-be-worthless NHRP?

> In my opinion, 
> NHRP will prove its worth (or, alternatively, IntServ will end up looking
> very much like ATM).

May I ask you prove it conclusively?

> > The current Internet containing millions of IP hosts are the
> > proof that such approach scales.
> 
> E.164 scales well too. There's even more evidence of that.

Of course. Both pure phone network and pure IP scales.

						Masataka Ohta