[5205] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Creating exchanges
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Mathews-ICICX)
Fri Oct 11 17:56:39 1996
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:41:12 -1000 (HST)
From: Robert Mathews-ICICX <mathews@gold.chem.hawaii.edu>
To: Christian Nielsen <cnielsen@vii.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.961011150638.5247A-100000@lonepeak.vii.com>
On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Christian Nielsen wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Robert Mathews-ICICX wrote:
>
> > Hello Fellow Electronic Colleagues:
> >
> > <looking around a room> Can anyone say Hawaii? :)
>
> This is what we need from NANOG. More interconnects around the US. And
> maybe there should be a WNOG (world) :) To help get things running
> around the world. I recieved an email from a company in Switzerland and
> they say they are paying about 1,000,000 ($US) for their 'two' T1s to
> the internet per year. If there are more open exchange points, less hops
> to get somewhere, the net might become nicer. (no I don't mean using ATM
> to make it look like less hops.)
>
> Christian
We look forward to doing our part in such an effort...
Best,
Robert.
ICICX.
------
