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===== Andy lague previously wrote: ==== > > At 03:02 AM 10/27/96 MET, Peter Lothberg wrote: > >> So what's the problem? Basically, one organisation, Ebone, which > >> operates a fairly large pan-European net, won't peer with others. This > >> means that European customers connected to non-Ebone connected > >> providers like Global One lack European connectivity without going > >> through the US. Ebone provides great connectivity at cost, but the big > >> US NSPs making presences in Europe naturally don't want to buy > >> bandwidth from someone like Ebone. We'll see what happens. > > Ebone is not the only way to get European connectivity without going to the > US. There are many exchange points in Europe providing local traffic > exchange. Global-One participates in some of these with more in the works. > Ebone is a good last resort (not to be read as default) path to obscure > destinations or to networks that will not peer with commercial networks. > Yes there are going to be more, many more peerings throughout the Europe, and AsiaPacific, and Americas... > >I don't think this is correct. Ebone peers with other pan-european > >networks of comparable size, IBM, BT and EUnet comes to my mind. > > > >G1 is a customer of Ebone and connects in Paris. > > > > Correct. Also Stockholm. > Maybe peering with EBONE is also a future possibility when we have more common presence and comparable size. Andy is right, former Transpac Sweden is now part of Global IP, and they also have a circuit to EBONE at DGIX. > Regards, > Andy - speaking as a former Global-One employee > Thanks Andy. When is that lunch going to be? :-) Jun -- Jun (John) Wu | Voice: (703)818-5431 Supervisor - Global IP Systems & Services | Fax: (703)818-5282 Global One Communications L.L.C. | Email: [email protected] Reston, VA 22096 | URL: http://wolfox.gsl.net/jun - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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