[13115] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NAP Architecture
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI)
Wed Oct 29 11:42:44 1997
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:25:33 -0800 (PST)
From: "Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI" <blkirk@float.eli.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19971028155700.006bdac0@zeus.geo.net>
Forgive my ignorance on these matters, but why haven't many NAPS tried
to be L1 based, or at least provide the option of private wire/fiber
between the larger customers in the same room. It seems to me that this
would significantly reduce the complexity and packet-loss we're currently
seeing. How long would it take to troubleshoot a cross-over FE compared
to trouble shooting two routers connected via a oversubscribed switch.
Marketing types are concerned about how to bill and track these, but
there should be some easy ways around those issues.
--Ben Kirkpatrick
Data Products, Electric Lightwave, DID=360.816.3508
-not speaking for ELI, not even speaking-
"Consciousness: that annoying time between naps."
