[8396] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Russian chemists harmed by ANS-CIX dispute?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Wed Nov 17 15:19:51 1993
From: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 17:36:03 GMT
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc: iprussia@sovam.com
In addition to problems of connecting through BARRnet, some of my Russian
friends are having trouble connecting to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in
Ohio. I just talked with these folks (CAS) who said that since the rest of
their internet connections were fine they assumed that the Moscow one should be
OK too. Apparently not so. Before October 26 however Moscow could get through.
Now no deal. Why?
CAS is an OARnet customer. Last I heard OARnet had a direct connect to the ANS
backbone at the MCI POP in North Royalton Ohio. Apparently before the latest
ANS - CIX routing wars OARnet had CIX connectivity? Apparently it has CIX
connectivity no longer? Would appreciate if someone would confirm this publicly
or privately.
Alison: does your contract with ANS make any specific promises about
connectivity?? Are their other OARnet customers who because ANS is in the loop
are now disconnected?
>From what I hear its pretty difficult now to be in Moscow or elsewhere in Russia
and be trying to make one's living as a chemist. Isn't there something that we
can do in this country so that these scientists do NOT get hurt by our routing
wars??
PS: I have been sent a traceroute from Sprint in Wash DC to cas.org.
Sprint apparently gets through and sprint is a CIX member *AND* sprint in
providing the satellite link in Moscow. If Sprint in this country can make it
via CIX why cannot a Sprint customer in Moscow do the same??
