On 2010-09-15 04:36, Bob Braden wrote: > > > On 9/14/2010 8:11 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: >> * Noel Chiappa: >> >>> I actually vaguely recall discussions about the TOS field (including >>> how many bits to give to each sub-field), but I can't recall very >>> much of the content of the discussions. If anyone cares, some of the >>> IENs which document the early meetings might say more. >> >> See RFC 760, which seems remarkably up-to-date: >> >> A few networks offer a Stream service, whereby one can achieve a >> smoother service at some cost. >> > > That might have been only a sideways acknowledgment of ST-II. Not to mention that at the time, the great competitor for all this new-fangled connectionless datagram stuff was X.25, a pay-per-connection and pay-per-byte stream service. As PHB says, intentions back then hardly matter anyway. Maybe we can leave this debate to some USA local discussion list where it belongs? Those of us in the economies where there is competition on the local loop are not that interested. Brian _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf