[7011] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Info on MAE-EAST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Wed Jan 15 11:31:22 1997
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: dorian@cic.net (Dorian R. Kim)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:07:12 -0500 (EST)
Cc: freedman@netaxs.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970115022004.2074y-100000@nic.hq.cic.net> from "Dorian R. Kim" at Jan 15, 97 02:22:08 am
> 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
People do it as a cost-saving move - or as a 1st step when rack space becomes
unavailable at MAE-East, as it has for various multi-month periods in the
past.
Avi
