[2154] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Miller)
Tue Mar 19 10:03:59 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:57:49 -0500 (EST)
From: David Miller <david@dirigo.mint.net>
To: Jasper@cloud9.net
cc: inet-access@earth.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199603190133.UAA26221@cloud9.net>
On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 Jasper@cloud9.net wrote:
> MCI issued a press release this afternoon. Two items of interest:
>
> 1) MCI is upgrading its backbone from 45 megabits to 155 megabits per
> second. They expect this to be done by mid April. I think this has been
> coming along for a while now.
> A question:
>
> Does anyone know when Sprint and Alternet will have their backbones up to
> 155 megabits per second. A guy at MCI told me today they wouldn't have it
> done until 1st quarter of 1997.
Another question:
What kinds of routers can route at near wire speeds a bunch of ports at
155Mb ATM?
--- David Miller
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