[5933] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AGIS/DIGEX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Enke Chen)
Wed Oct 30 10:16:29 1996
To: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, enke@mci.net
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Oct 1996 19:31:13 PST."
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:04:36 -0500
From: Enke Chen <enke@mci.net>
Paul,
I have been thinking about a couple of issues regarding the
CIX Inter-exchange, and your comments would be appreciated:
(1) CIX is an association of ISPs. The CIX Inter-exchange puts
CIX in direct competition with its members (ISPs) for
customers. Is there a contradiction here?
(2) The CIX Inter-exchange has been used by some to bypass
peering policies. I am wondering if the CIX Inter-exchange
remains a viable option in the peering policy review.
(3) Today there are quite a few inter-exchanges in the Bay Area
that are superior (in terms of tech. and richness in connectivity)
than the CIX Interexchange. Is it fair to say that the
CIX Inter-exchange has fulfilled its historical mission and
is no longer needed?
-- Enke
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 19:31:13 -0800
> From: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> > > [...] Since Digex is at too few NAPs to peer with AGIS, and they
> > > are not at the CIX, we see no routes from them.
>
> CIX is taking new connections, either T1, PB-SMDS, or DEC-PAIX (FDDI or Ether
).
