North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: T3 or not to T3
On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Michael Dillon wrote: > On 21 Jul 1996, Dean Gaudet wrote: > > > of this into account, I'm really leaning towards a solution that involves > > lots of small pipes to lots of providers. Essentially eliminating the > > need for 90% of our packets to traverse NAPs by using each backbone > > mostly for their own customers. > > Are you sure you can't accomplish this with your own national backbone and > private interconnects with the major providers similar to what Sprint/MCI > are doing to keep traffic off the NAP's? I believe the current ante to get into this game is DS3 infrastructure with presence at 3 exchange points. This is a slightly different order of magnitude than what's Dean seems to be talking about. -dorian - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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