[8778] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
NAP philosophy & IP technology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yakov@watson.ibm.com)
Sat Dec 4 17:33:01 1993
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 17:32:24 EST
From: yakov@watson.ibm.com
To: RAF@cu.nih.gov
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Ref: Your note of Fri, 03 Dec 1993 14:33:56 EST
Roger,
>some large corporations don't trust the reliability of a single
>IXC and purchase access from multiple carriers.
Let me just say that in many cases an IP provider leases lines
from a phone company. Thus, even if you have multiple IP provider
this doesn't guarantee that these providers don't use the same
fiber. So, your reliability may be more of a perception...
Yakov Rekhter
