[38719] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: non-op (Re: Definition of Tier-1)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Mon Jun 11 23:53:41 2001
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: spork@inch.com (Charles Sprickman)
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 04:16:40 +0000 (UCT)
Cc: jdfalk@cybernothing.org (J.D. Falk), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106112320490.4616-100000@shell.inch.com> from "Charles Sprickman" at Jun 11, 2001 11:23:53 PM
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> On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, J.D. Falk wrote:
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> > Well, for one thing, "transit-free" doesn't mean that you
> > can route to all the other "transit-free" providers....
>
> Unless you do what BBN/GTE/Genuity did during the period where they phased
> in (or was it out?) the ex-Genuity datacenters. We found lots of traffic
> heading out Sprint. I recall someone else mentioning that Exodus and
> Above used Sprint as their "backup transit" even though all the above
> networks are "Tier 1". We never got a clear answer from the noc on why
> the then BBN would not purchase transit for itself from itself.
>
> Out of curiousity, why is Sprint the common thread in these three
> datacenter network cases?
Perhaps it was the 192.0.0.0/3 entry in the old RADB that
Sprint entered?
>
> Charles
>
> > --
> > J.D. Falk SILENCE IS FOO!
> > <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
> >
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