[8506] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schnell, Sprint Corporation)
Mon Apr 7 09:56:03 1997
In-Reply-To: <199704070543.BAA04473@access.netaxs.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 08:34:13 -0500
To: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
From: "Steve Schnell, Sprint Corporation" <schnell@gsd.sprint.com>
Cc: ahp@hilander.com (Alec H. Peterson), nathan@netrail.net, dave@fast.net,
SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM, nanog@merit.edu
At 1:43 -0400 4.7.97, Avi Freedman wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 06, 1997 at 07:53:26PM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote:
>> >
>> > Well then why did they require us to have FULL T3 into that NAP?
>>
>> Well, because you are not a Sprint CUSTOMER, which is exactly the type
>> of connection that Avi was talking about (transit customer
>> connections).
>>
>> Alec
It has nothing to do with being a Sprint customer. Sprint Government
Systems Division, the NAP operator, does not support T1 connections to its
NAP.
>
>And because there was a provider who had a T1 into the NAP for quite
>some time :)
>
Those two providers upgraded to DS3 almost a year ago. We haven't
supported T1s since then.
>Anyway, why would you put less than a "FULL T3" into that NAP?
>
>Avi
Precisely! Why would a ISP with a DS3 into the NAP want to peer with a T1?
Steve
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