North American Network Operators Group
Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical

Re: New Peering Point - Atlanta Internet eXchange (AIX)

  • From: Howard C. Berkowitz
  • Date: Thu Feb 13 19:48:27 1997 
At 9:04 PM -0500 2/11/97, Nathan Stratton wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
>
>> The main idea is that this is a place to exchange traffic, not make
>> another huge circle of routers (if we can avoid it).  Bay has been
>> kind enough to sponsor this exchange with switches and routers that
>> can be shared in a number of ways, removing the need for many participants
>> to bring their own router.  This will also result in VERY low cost of
>> connection.
>
>But the big question is, is it protected from a airplane crashing into it?
>

Isn't there an option for the single-mode OC-3 card, where you turn the
level WAY up and let the router defend itself?

Whole new meaning to collision avoidance algorithms.

Howard


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -