[8572] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Questions about CIX architecture
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Walker x5-8262)
Tue Nov 23 09:31:48 1993
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 93 08:32:22 CST
From: walkerl@iscmed.med.ge.com (Larry Walker x5-8262)
To: cook@path.net, com-priv@psi.com
Thank you, Gordon: For some of us who are new to the commercialization issue, a primer on issues such as transit vs peering would be most welcome, as would some basic discussions of network architecture of the Internet and the policies that either determine or follow from that architecture. [I've ftp'd the last couple of months' worth of com-priv archives, and don't see a FAQ...]
I understand this may get boring to those who've been here since the days of tin-cans-and-string, but I seem to be hearing a lot of implicit assumptions that sound contrary to what my notions of a sensible approach to a truly pervasive Internet.
=> From postman@lists.psi.com Mon Nov 22 17:51:54 1993
=> From: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
=> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 23:39:43 GMT
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=> Subject: Re: Questions about CIX architecture
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=> well dave I think understanding how the CIX works is quite relevant to
=> the purpose of this list!
Amen!
=>
=> If I had understood what was so obvious to you I would not have asked. From
=> what you say I gather that if Rhode Island had a state network and wanted to
=> join the CIX it could check out the price of a leased line from Providence to
=> california and ask NEARnet, PSI, UUNET, and Sprint what each would
=> charge for transit, and then take the best deal.
=>
Larry Walker
System Architect
Service Technology Systems
GE Medical Systems
