[2896] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worldly Thoughts - Cix/SL single T1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bowman)
Sat May 11 22:40:29 1996
From: Robert Bowman <rob@elite.exodus.net>
To: paul@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 03:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <9605120102.AA05759@wisdom.home.vix.com> from "Paul A Vixie" at May 11, 96 06:02:32 pm
>
> > vix:
> > ] The link you're alluding to is probably SprintLink's. It runs at or near
> > ] capacity for most of every day, and while that's usually an indicator that
> > ] a larger pipe is called for, it's also an indicator that the link is of use
> > ] to at least some folks.
> >
> > The interesting thing here is to ask WHY SL hasn't upgraded the line.
>
> I've been told that they consider the T1 adequate.
>
> > The fact that the line hasn't been upgraded could imply that the CIX
> > isn't of use to SL.
>
> When the link went down due to a cross connect problem, an engineer and
> his manager inside SL worked all day and most of a night to get it restored.
>
Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that it is a major cross connect
between many providers and Sprint? CRL comes to mind.
Rob
