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Will ANS connect to CIX? Why is this a difficult question?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Wed Sep 18 13:13:24 1991

To: Christopher Davis <ckd@eff.org>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 91 12:36:12 EDT
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@ncri.cise.nsf.gov>

> I find it hard to believe that a T1 connection (or two) to the CIX can
> somehow pass enough traffic to choke a T3 network.

Guess I've got two responses to that.

I find it hard to believe that a straw can break a camel's back, too.  'Course
that's probably not relevant.  Yet.

Let's see:  A T3 is about 28 T1s.  How many do you think ANS should carry free?

-s

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