[18670] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBN Peering issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Thu Aug 13 18:40:12 1998
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:45:33 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980812182651.23421@mindspring.net>; from John Butler <fez@mindspring.net> on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 06:26:51PM -0400
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 06:26:51PM -0400, John Butler wrote:
> >From the article:
> > "It appears that the result of this action will
> > harm BBN and its customers substantially more
> > than it will harm our customers," said Exodus
> > President Ellen Hancock in an Aug. 5 letter to
> > customers.
>
> This statement is deluded to say the least. BBN peers with most other major
> backbone providers, and they have one of the fastest, most reliable networks in
> the world.
And that's why as a BBN customer in Florida, the only rout I have to
most of the rest of the world is through MAE-East?
I don't think so.
Cheers,
-- jra
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