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Gordon Cook wrote ... > Re the NAPs and connectivity. Are there varying degrees of > problems? What happens if Unipalm comes into MAE East and > peers with everyone there? Including Sprintlink, MCInet, and > ANS? Are we hearing that these three would refuse transit to > Unipalm's traffic that would need to go to NAPs in order to get > to the academic regionals? If such an arrangement would not > guarantee Unipalm adequate connectivity, why not? Where > would the failure points be and for what reasons? So long as ALL NSPs agree to peer at MAE-East then things should be OK, as no transit is needed because all the regionals are connected by their individual service provider. However there is no REQUIREMENT to peer. I am looking for NSF to make this a requirement (at least for a year or so) to ensure continued ubiquitous connectivity. Alternately, the customers should require their NSPs to agree peering policies constant with this. Unfortunately, there is a danger that some NSP customers are niave and will assume connectivity without contractual requirements. > > Are we hearing that to get carriage across Sprint, MCI and ANS > that Unipalm would have to connect to all 3 NAPs??? I thought it was 5 NAPS! > Why? I > thought connecting to all 3 was necessary only where a net > wanted to be eligible for regional connectivity monies. > > UUNet and PSI will get traffic to all the regionals through MAE > East or CIX?? > > Steve Goldstein's July 19th message to foreign nets (that I > understand drew an outstanding flame from Rick Adams) > cautioned foreign nets not to take their connectivity for > granted. Well let me ask for example what a net like Demos > that comes from Moscow into Alternet will have to do to be > assured complete connectivity?? Which I guess is saying what > will Alternet have to do to guarantee Demos connectivity? > > > Gordon Cook, Editor Publisher: COOK Report on Internet -> NREN > 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA > NEW E-mail: [email protected] > Subscriptions: $500 corporate site license; $175 edu.,non-profit & small corp. > $85 Individual > > Over in Europe we have already had examples of networks having difficulty in maintaining connectivity with large networks asking for 'contribution' towards their network from smaller networks. This is why I keep argueing. I also worry about how few networks are taking part in this discussion! Peter Internet:- The right to say what you want to the world, and for them not to listen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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