[10557] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UUNet 10Plus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Shaw)
Wed Jul 9 16:28:21 1997
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:59:10 -0500 (CDT)
From: Joe Shaw <jshaw@insync.net>
To: Deepak Jain <deepak@jain.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970709151448.9729A-100000@aries.ai.net>
What I got from UUNet and the VP of our company was that it was delivered
over a 10Mbps ATM circuit, into the Net Edge, then out via 10Mbps
ethernet. We've asked for a better handoff, and they refuse to deliver
it.
Joe Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services
"Learn more, and you will never starve." - Paraphrase of Lee
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Deepak Jain wrote:
>
> My impression [which could be wrong] was that the 10Plus service was
> delivered over clear channel DS3 between netedges and the actual 10Mbit/s
> portion was dealt with at the media exchange. I didn't know/think they
> formatted the DS3 as an ATM 10mbit/s circuit.
>
> Then again, I have never ordered 10Plus service.
>
> -Deepak.
>
> On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Joe Shaw wrote:
>
> > Well, the ATM connection to the Net Edge box is only setup to do 10Mbps,
> > so at 6Mbps on ATM, you've filled your cells. I think the whole ideaology
> > behind the thing is flawed, and if they're going to sell something they
> > call 10 Plus, they need to at least provide 10 of something other than
> > 10Mbps in theory. I'm not happy with UUNet (it took 5 months to get the
> > Net Edge box replaced), and I doubt they will have anything but the
> > smallest possible presence in our network in the future.
> >
> > Joe Shaw - jshaw@insync.net
> > NetAdmin - Insync Internet Services
> > "Learn more, and you will never starve." - Paraphrase of Lee
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Deepak Jain wrote:
> > >
> > > You could always plug an FDDI card into the back of the Netedge.
> > >
> > > -Deepak.
> > >
> >
> >
>
