[9701] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Telecom Comp. Thread
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Rarey)
Mon Jan 17 10:13:41 1994
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 94 07:07:17 -0800
From: Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@ssf-sys.dhl.com>
In-Reply-To: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
On Jan 15, 15:28, Joseph W. Stroup wrote:
> Subject: Telecom Comp. Thread
} ANS claims that their backbone supports over 15,000 networks and the
} CIX approx. 1019. I would say that they word "supports" might not be
} correct. To me supporting a network is one thing but, having a connection
} to and from it is another. I suggest that ANS has connections to many more
} networks than the CIX. Why ? NSF money.
I would surmise that in this case "supports" infers "reachabitliy"
not direct connection.
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Best regards....,
/psr
