[886] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More on IPSPA.ORG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Sun Nov 5 10:52:04 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 10:49:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Gordon Cook <gcook@tigger.jvnc.net>
Reply-To: cook@cookreport.com
To: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@uunet.uu.net>
Cc: Tim Bass <bass@dune.silkroad.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <QQzoob22675.199511051524@rodan.UU.NET>
I expect Mike that Tim is well aware of the history of the CIX which just
a year ago was reaching an all time low. Now Bob collet has done well
since he took over, but the CIX still does not have widespread support.
It formed a CIX mail list about a month ago. I joined. *NO* traffic.
It has never been able to communicate outside the bounds of its own
members and until it finds a way to do this successfully will not become
*THE* trade association that I think the industry really DOES need.
Tim's posts may be a bit quixotic but they DO point to an unfilled need.
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On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Mike O'Dell wrote:
>
> Uh, you have been pre-dated by about 3 years by the
>
> Commercial Internet Exchange
>
> lots of network operators and access providers already belong.
>
> If what you propose hasn't been done in that already-existing forum,
> maybe there's a reason that would foretell the expected success
> of another parallel organization?
>
> -mo
>
