[1151] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
T3 Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jordan Becker)
Sat Aug 10 14:57:49 1991
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 91 14:57:30 EDT
From: Jordan Becker <becker@nis.ans.net>
To: rick@uunet.uu.net
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
> > We are deploying a T3 infrastructure which (already) does just that.
> >
> > -Ittai
>
>
> Great! I'll accept that as a commitment on ANS's part to connect to
> the CIX without settlements.
>
> If thats not the case, then exactly what do you mean by "already".
We are already carrying traffic from AlterNet, PSI, CERFNet, etc. and
there are no settlements. Of course I assume this is only R&E traffic.
> Additionally, when will your much vaunted T3 infrastructure
> that you propose to "do that" stay up for a week at a time?
We presented the status of the T3 network at IETF last week.
Unfortunately I did not see you. There are some problems we are
having with T3 which we are happy to discuss with anyone interested
since there is much for everyone to learn with this new technology.
However the network has stayed up for more than a week at a time. We
have a number of activities under way which will improve things that
were presented at IETF.
> Let's face it, we just don't buy ANS' "trust me" attitude. I see every
> day how they are not able to provision a stable T3 network. (I refer
> you the the Nearnet interconnect NSS as just one example of
> network instability.) Why in the world would I trust ANS to provide an
> interconnect that I have to depend on?
We are working very closely with the NEARNet people to improve their
reliability. I would be happy to hear directly about your T3
connectivity problems and maybe we can help to fix it, or perhaps you
would like a refund :-)?
- Jordan
