[19103] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Equality and asymmetry in network designs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean M. Doran)
Wed Aug 26 14:49:50 1998
From: "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>
To: amb@gxn.net, bgreene@cisco.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 11:33:55 -0700
Alex Bligh wrote:
| > Actually, I do not know of any non-US provider who shares trans-oceanic cost
| > with a US provider. They are all considered "customers." Given that
| > aggregate links across the Pacific is above 1.6 Gbps, we are out of the old
| > "Sprint ICM" days. We're talking serious money at stake.
|
| I know of several.
Yup, and there are equally several U.S.-based providers who bring
fully-paid-by-them capacity into various places in Europe, two or
three of which connect to European networks on a customer basis.
I gather this dramatically improves their connectivity to European
destinations.
Sean.
