[17010] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a little thought on exchanging traffic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Salo)
Tue May 19 23:58:09 1998
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 22:52:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: Tim Salo <salo@networkcs.com>
To: black@b, nanog@merit.edu
> From: black@bleep.ishiboo.com
> Subject: a little thought on exchanging traffic
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:03:17 -0500 (EST)
>
> Anyone thought about eliminating large physical exchange points and replacing
> them with a more distributed architecture?
>
> Multiple data centers interconnected over ATM in a single metro area run by
> indepdenant entities who are free to provide any level of service or value
> add they wish.
Why restrict yourself to a single metro area? Why not simply use a
nationwide ATM service?
-tjs
