[1026] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
"Extra" T3 links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent W. England)
Tue Jul 16 18:35:42 1991
From: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@BBN.COM>
To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9107152302.AA12660@magic322.magichron-c>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 91 18:31:21 EDT
These "extra" T3 nodes are just ANS laying in the physical
infrastructure for their two announced virtual services:
NSFnet
CO+RE
--Kent
>From: edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy)
>
>> Randy Bush writes:
>> There is also a rumor I would like to have laid to rest or to be clarified:
>>
>> What about quiet installation of T3 links to some cities? Whos' doing it,
>> for whom, who's paying, and why?
>
>Let's see. I've got a memo here from Merit, addressed to the people who do
>maintenance for ANS and the mid-levels. It's dated July 1, and seems to
>suggest that someone has done an end-run around the mid-levels, among other
>possibilities.
>
