[5735] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider relations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry J. Plato)
Fri Oct 25 21:09:47 1996
From: "Larry J. Plato" <ljp@ans.net>
To: jdd@vbc.net (Jim Dixon)
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:01:14 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alex@relcom.eu.net, rs@bifrost.seastrom.com, avg@quake.net,
azeem@dial.pipex.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961025195019.21396L-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net> from "Jim Dixon" at Oct 25, 96 07:59:35 pm
>
> On Fri, 25 Oct 1996 alex@relcom.eu.net wrote:
>
> > 1) In case if INTERNET split into US and EUrope parts withouth interconnection,
> > no too many in USA will notice it, but INTERNET in Europe will die
> > (moreover, computer's world will die too).
>
> Don't you believe it. Over the last year we have seen a steady downward
> drift in the percentage of our traffic which goes to the US -- a 20%
> change over the last year, I think.
>
Hmmm,
I wonder how much of this drop can be attributed to the closure of the Louvre
in Paris and the Delft Institute of Technology closing the 17th floor to US
sites.....
Larry
