[2494] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: join the Internet Backbone
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Sun Apr 7 04:48:57 1996
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 96 11:40:11 UTC
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>
To: Christian Nielsen <cnielsen@vii.com>, Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 5 Apr 1996 00:25:47 -0500 (EST) Avi Freedman wrote:
>We have a local, new, competitor who generally lies out his ass and also says
>'We are the Internet backbone. Only we can offer you 100% Full Bandwidth'.
>They have a T1 to a provider with a T1 to MCI and a T1 to AGIS.
>
>Of course, they claim to have 3 T3s and they claim that MAE-East an
>unimportant private exchange point between AT&T and Sprint.
>
>And they solicit our customers, sigh.
>
>And someone with 2 T1s to Sprint has been saying "We are *the* Internet
>Backbone in South Jersey".
I think every area and country has their liars and charletons. What you
say is nothing new. You just have to keep plowing ahead and maintain
a high level of service and connectivity and users will stay with you.
Those that switch will come back after the FBNs (Fly By Nights), turn
bellyup.
>Avi
>
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