[8497] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Peering points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Van Allen)
Sun Apr 6 19:37:48 1997
From: Dave Van Allen <dave@fast.net>
To: "'Avi Freedman'" <freedman@netaxs.com>,
"'SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM'"
<SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 19:25:26 -0400
FYI Sprint is not allowing anything larger than 6Mb from Pensauken,
circa April 4, 1997, for customer connections that is.
Best regards,
David Van Allen - You Tools Corporation / FASTNET(tm)
dave@fast.net (610) 289-1100 http://www.fast.net
FASTNET - PA/NJ/DE Internet Solutions
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Avi Freedman [SMTP:freedman@netaxs.com]
>Sent: Saturday, April 05, 1997 5:03 AM
>To: SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM
>Cc: nanog@merit.edu
>Subject: Re: Peering points
>
>> Or is the entire thing irrelevant, because everyone is moving to private
>> bilateral connections. And the important thing is how many providers
>> does someone peer, not how many exchange points they're connected to.
>> For the price of one Sprint-NAP connection, I can get several connections
>> to Canada. And we have a lot more customers in Canada than at the
>> Sprint-NAP. We already peer with everyone at the Sprint-NAP, or been
>> turned down by them elsewhere. So one more exchange point doesn't buy
>> much.
>> --
>> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>> Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
>The SprintNAP is a much less congested place than MAE-East (though most
>providers also have less capacity out of it [besides Sprintlink, GSL,
>ICM, etc...])...
>
>Avi
>
