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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:26:12 -0400 (EDT) Gordon Cook wrote: >Cook: six global providers: Hmmm. Might they be referring to Sprint, AGIS >UUNET, PSI, MCI, and ANS? The so called gang or club of six that a year >ago were the exclusive direct peers at all the major exchanges? If they >are, then, by process of elimnation, BBN is not a global provider -which I >think is news to BBN, nor is AT&T, nor is Advantis, nor is Compuserve, nor >are a lot of other major players with more than a fresh12.5 million behind >them. Gee. I wonder if BBN realizes that AGIS has relegated it to second >rank status? > >Or perhaps they are referring to those global providers who are beginning >to move most of their traffic through private inter connects - and in so >doing are becoming a new internet apex? In this case they are not even one >of the five let alone six. Here the five are MCI, Sprint, BBN, UUNET and >ANS. I have been talking to a lot of sources, none of which is aware of >AGIS having any private Interconnects with these five. When talking of global Internet reach, the largest is IBM/Advantis IGN. They have 830 POPs in over 50 countries and peerings at about 15 major interconnect points. For details see: http://www.ibm.com/globalnetwork/inetbbon.htm Probably the best kept secret in the Internet world. Hank Nussbacher IBM Israel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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