[6991] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Info on MAE-EAST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian R. Kim)
Wed Jan 15 02:26:59 1997
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 02:22:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Dorian R. Kim" <dorian@cic.net>
To: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199701142228.RAA29490@access.netaxs.com>
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Avi Freedman wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Avi Freedman wrote:
> The other approach is to extend MAE-East to you in the NOVA area by buying
> a package which includes a dedicated or shared FDDI port, two Netedges, and
> a T3 in between the Netedges. My guess is that it's 50-50 or maybe 60-40
> in favor of the Netedge approach, but collocating is definitely a more stable
> way to connect.
Why would you inflict Netedges on yourself by choice? I thought maschistic
tendencies should be displayed only behind closed doors, not in designing
networks...
-dorian
