[6113] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: high packet loss within Sprint infrastructure?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Meuse)
Wed Nov 13 18:13:26 1996
From: "Stephen Meuse" <smeuse@noc.bbn.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:55:11 -0500
In-Reply-To: "David L. Wasley" <david.wasley@ucop.edu>
"high packet loss within Sprint infrastructure?" (Nov 13, 2:44pm)
To: "David L. Wasley" <david.wasley@ucop.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
On Nov 13, 2:44pm, David L. Wasley wrote:
> Subject: high packet loss within Sprint infrastructure?
> I hope this is an appropriate question for this list...
>
> We have been experiencing severe packet loss, apparently within the Sprint
> infrastructure, for several weeks. Recently we've seen as high as 20%
> loss. Our users are screaming. They can't keep sessions open to resource
> providers, etc., to whom they are paying large annual fees. Not at all
> good.
I've heard recently that sprint will be adding more capacity to their
Mae-West connection, but at this point it is just a rumor....
>
> We have been receiving conflicting stories fron Sprint about where the
> problem(s) is(are), who is responsible, what is being done (if anything),
> etc.
>
> The loss appears to us to be worst at MAE-WEST but it seems to be happening
> more broadly as well.
>
> Can anyone else out there help shed light on this? Is anyone else aware of
> similar behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> David Wasley
> University of California
>
>
>-- End of excerpt from David L. Wasley
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