Did the IESG depricate IP over Avian Carrier when I blinked?
And the draft on IP over seismic waves is due any day now.
Consider the possibilities of a neutrino beam -- no media costs and
lower latency than direct point-to-point fiber.
http://www-numi.fnal.gov:8875/overview/overview.html
http://www.hep.anl.gov/ndk/postscript/numil337_3.pdf (page 5)
http://www-numi.fnal.gov:8875/fnal_minos/physics/Superposition1.html
http://www.hep.umn.edu/minos/images.html