[10056] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: T-1 Backup ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wes Clark)
Sat Feb 5 10:30:32 1994
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 1994 10:29:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Wes Clark <wclark@pioneer.uspto.gov>
To: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199402050353.AA16252@crl.crl.com>
Joseph,
Once again, thank you for your information. I'll forward this message to
my boss. I guess the moral is, as always, "Buyer Beware!"
Wes Clark
On Fri, 4 Feb 1994, Joseph W. Stroup wrote:
> I must have missed something here. The people at ANS told me that
> there was no longer a T-1 in place next to every T-3. They told
> me this in April of 1993 ! They decided to take down the "old T-1"
> network and use the T-3 system. It would save money. There might
> be a T-1 here and there , between important points but, I was told
> that a parallel T-1 network no longer existed. Speaking of T-1's in
> parallel - Backup is a valid reason but, I would question the way
> such lines might be positioned. If there is a T-1 in the college
> park area is it because the MCI circuits there are unstable. I know
> that Digital Express had one heck of a time with just the T-1 they
> were using. Doug must have pulled his hair out. Fiber is only as
> good as the people who design it, build it and manage it - MCI tends
> to get others to build it and lease it back to them. In alot of cases
> they don't even have management control. Yes, I know they have "content
> control", I am talking about management control. Its just not their glass.
>
> Hopefully we will see some changes in network design and sub-vBNS networks
> attached and of equal or larger size. If MCI can't handle T-3 how do you
> think they will handle OC- ???? Proof will be in the deliverly and how it
> all performs. My guess is we will see the same old stuff. Only time will
> tell.
>
>
> Joseph Stroup
>
