[2878] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worldly Thoughts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz aka Joel Katz)
Fri May 10 12:30:45 1996
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 12:28:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Schwartz aka Joel Katz <stimpson@stimpson.igc.net>
To: Erik Sherk <sherk@uunet.uu.net>
cc: Alan Hannan <alan@gi.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <QQapce17536.199605101309@esherk.uu.net>
On Fri, 10 May 1996, Erik Sherk wrote:
> >
> > Let's look at a hypothetical situation. ISP1 peers at MAE-E and
> > buys transit from MCI there. Now they ask Sprint to peer with them. Let's
> > look at how they reach sites on the west coast.
>
> This is a violation of the rules of Mae-East: it is not to be used for
> customer connections. ISP1 must have a private connection to MCI.
True. Serves me right for composing a quick example. Let's change
the example to say they get the transit through a private T3.
DS