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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Exchanges that matter...
Todd Graham Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >Exchange points are not analogous to COs; major routing problems ensue as >the number of exchange points increase. Yep. There's no magic solution for that (Nimrod-style global link-state _may_ help, but i'm not sure). > I admire the foresight of > those attempting to develop new exchange points. I do not envy the uphill > battle they have before them. des >I don't envy them either, but I'm beginning to question the "a chicken in >every pot and a NAP on every corner" approach to network design. Well, the "small NAPs" are pretty much useless, as most traffic goes beyond the geographical area served by a "small NAP"; and the "large NAPs" can be in dozens, but _not_ hundreds or thousands. The "NAP in every corner" is simply a manifestation of the rampant cluelessness in regard to the global routing. >Of course, I don't strictly have to worry about these things; that's why I >and AOL and most network operators have upstream network providers. Well, AOL has its upstream provider in a different sense :) --vadim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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