[9141] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Coincidence...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Fang)
Wed May 7 10:25:08 1997
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 10:06:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edward Fang <edfang@visi.net>
To: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@bifrost.seastrom.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199705050408.AAA02545@bifrost.seastrom.com>
Actually I think this was once one of their boasting points. UUnet used
to claim they were interconnected with local, national, and international
networks better than anybody else. They also use to supply a long list of
their peers (where, what speed) with all their marketing materials.
Ed
On Mon, 5 May 1997, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
:
:When Sprint initially enacted peering requirements, I asked several
:UUnet employees whether they were planning to do the same. The answer
:was without exception that UUnet pursues peering with all technically
:qualified providers at all exchange points, because that results in
:the best connectivity for UUnet customers.
:
:At about that time, there was a UUnet ad in the print media that
:featured a never-completed freeway on-ramp to I-95 in Baltimore.
:As I was driving north to Boston last Friday, I noted wryly that said
:ramp was being dismantled.
:
: ---Rob
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