[12385] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ATM (was Re: too many routes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean M. Doran)
Sun Sep 14 13:27:58 1997
To: Steve Goldstein <sgoldste@nsf.gov>
Cc: rirving@onecall.net, "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>
Date: 14 Sep 1997 13:14:19 -0400
In-Reply-To: Steve Goldstein's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 1997 14:49:04 -0400"
Steve Goldstein <sgoldste@nsf.gov> writes:
> At 9:37 PM -0400 9/11/97, Richard Irving wrote:
> ...
> >Now, the North American Continent is about a 4000 mile trip .... This is
> >a VERY ROUGH estimate.
>
> DARN! And here United has been crediting me with just 24xx Frequent Flier
> miles for the trip. I wanna recount!
He did say "the North American Continent", and it does get
slightly wider farther north. (The Trans-Canada Highway,
for example, is 7600 km long, or 4720 or so miles). North
America is also very long north-to-south.
http://www-nais.ccm.emr.ca:80/wwwnais/select/northamr/english/html/en-a.html
gives a decent view of the continent.
Don't let your mind be as narrow as the "contiguous" parts
of your country. :-)
Sean.
