[6434] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exchanges that matter...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Thu Dec 5 22:43:31 1996
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 19:16:20 -0800
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu, sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com
Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com> wrote:
As is, practically all Internet traffic is long-haul.
>Folks doing part-time telecommuting are likely to generate traffic
>with very high geographic locality; unfortunately, in a lot of cases,
>because of routing nonoptimalities, they wind up generating
>"long-haul" traffic instead..
Yes, although most employers either provide their private dial-in
facilities or get a good "package" deal from a local ISP on behalf
of its employees.
Still, Web constitutes the bulk of traffic...
I do not argue that local exchanges between regionals are entirely
worthless; it's that they won't have large impact on what happens
at "large" exchange points (or private interconnects).
--vadim
