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Actually, it could well be that Sprint's having trouble there - but Sprintlink has actually been amazingly stable there and at MAE-East for the last 3-6 months. But Sprint's always been screwy about Pennsauken... Avi > I'm not trying to imply anything, just that there is a current limit on > customer connections there. Your routing through Pennsauken seems to be > pretty event free, so maybe Sprint simply wants the NAP to stay optimum > and not overloaded. This would be a Good Thing. > > Best regards, > > David Van Allen - You Tools Corporation / FASTNET(tm) > [email protected] (610) 289-1100 http://www.fast.net > FASTNET - PA/NJ/DE Internet Solutions > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Avi Freedman [SMTP:[email protected]] > >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 1997 7:27 PM > >To: Dave Van Allen > >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Peering points > > > >Interesting... > >We've seen the SprintNAP as a good place to send data to Sprintlink > >and MCI - and UUNET, when we were peering with them there. > > > >Avi > > > >> FYI Sprint is not allowing anything larger than 6Mb from Pensauken, > >> circa April 4, 1997, for customer connections that is. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> David Van Allen - You Tools Corporation / FASTNET(tm) > >> [email protected] (610) 289-1100 http://www.fast.net > >> FASTNET - PA/NJ/DE Internet Solutions > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Avi Freedman [SMTP:[email protected]] > >> >Sent: Saturday, April 05, 1997 5:03 AM > >> >To: [email protected] > >> >Cc: [email protected] > >> >Subject: Re: Peering points > >> > > >> >> Or is the entire thing irrelevant, because everyone is moving to private > >> >> bilateral connections. And the important thing is how many providers > >> >> does someone peer, not how many exchange points they're connected to. > >> >> For the price of one Sprint-NAP connection, I can get several > >>connections > >> >> to Canada. And we have a lot more customers in Canada than at the > >> >> Sprint-NAP. We already peer with everyone at the Sprint-NAP, or been > >> >> turned down by them elsewhere. So one more exchange point doesn't buy > >> >> much. > >> >> -- > >> >> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO > >> >> Affiliation given for identification not representation > >> > > >> >The SprintNAP is a much less congested place than MAE-East (though most > >> >providers also have less capacity out of it [besides Sprintlink, GSL, > >> >ICM, etc...])... > >> > > >> >Avi > >> > > >> > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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