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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: FYI: BBN/MCI Peering Change 3/31/97
>From: Dave Curado[SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 1997 2:15 AM > >My intention, by the way, is not to simply pick nits over a posting. >I have heard in the past that there is at least one major provider >who sells transit through the naps. Regardless of whether that is >an OK thing to do or not, I am sincerely interested in knowing if >that is true. There are two different flavors of this: A. Providing transit over the NAP fabric (ATM or FDDI) B. Providing transit via a private interconnect which happens to be at a NAP facility. You should speak to each provider yourself, with an awareness that this approach is avoided because of the fact that getting traffic both through and _away from_ the exchanges is a serious concern of providers carrying a lot of traffic. This problem is exacerbated if transit connections are accepted at the exchange points. There may a time when "Purchased Peering" becomes the chosen approach for what you are seeking... -- Jim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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