Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Professor Pat Walsh questioned how the Government could afford to write off interest when its Budget made it clear that no new money was available for the tertiary sector.

Seems to me that more customers, more money, is an investment in education. That its not handed on a plate to the incumbents is the problem?

By far the most contraversial claim is from several witnesses who cast doubt on the police statements that they shouted a warning or identified themselves before opening fire.

Lee Ruston, 32, who was on the platform said that he did not hear any of the three shout "poice" or anything like it as a frightened Mr de Menezes ran.

Less than a minute later Mr de Menezes tumbled on to a waiting train and was pinned to the floor of the carriage by two men while a third officer fire five shots into the base of his skull

— The Times

They held him down and executed him.

Perhaps you believe that some of us have to be at this risk that the rest of may live. Another terrorist victory.

Just a quick note to self, Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T, (but not a "bellhead," he claims) reports that estimates of edge (or access network) connection currently average 3Mbs, but by 2010 he expects it will reach 40Mbs.

This is not a level of traffic that core switches will be able to cost effectively handle, smart edges and lots of peering are going to be needed to limit the proportion of traffic that is presented to the core network.

It would seem architecturally imperative for incumbent full-service telcos to get their "smart" core nearer the edge. Perhaps that's part of the Telecom move to disestablish the aging and empty-nested suburban exchanges they currently operate in favour of smaller roadside cabinets?

Seems by this action alone, Telecom is acknowleging that the edge will get smarter (their edge) and their core dumber. IPv6 is dumber than the current version, and will support this trend better.

Who needs 40Mbs? Who needed more than 640KB of memory? Too often, too little, too late.

More on peering to come, but check out this presentation featuring yours truly and the awesome JSR.