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Technically, I believe that this is doable. Using FDDI in NYC would cause the fewest technical issues. Note that if the DS3 is to be filled, it may require more than a 4700. Please note that this does not constitute an endorsement of the strategy or of the 'taste' of such an operation. ;-) Tony > Here is a question.. a strange one, no less. > > Is it feasible to do this: > > > WASHINGTON DC NEW YORK CITY > > > | B R I D G E | > MAE -- 100 Mb/s -- | Cisco | -DS3- | Cisco | -- FDDI or -- (multiple > East FDDI | 4700M | | 4700M | 100Base T peers) > giga Switch > > > Why? here's why. > > Several folks in the same building in NYC want to connect to MAE-East. > But, we all don't want T1's or 10 Meg HLI to MAE-East, but DS3. So, this > allows us all to connect to the MAE, peer directly with others without an > intermediary ASN, and we can split the cost of the routers and the DS3. > > I know (at least, I can't think of any reason it can't be done) that is > can be done. The unanswered questions are: > > 1) Will MFS allow us to connect multiple Peers on the same FDDI port (from > thier webpage, it looks like it, but I am not sure). > > 2) Is there any technical reason that the above is bad? > > 3) Because we do it the way shown above, does that make us look less > attractive (politically) ? > > Thanks for any input on this. If there is anything I am missing, please > slap me. Thanks. >
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