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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: NAP Architecture
On Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 08:25:33AM -0800, Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI wrote: > > Forgive my ignorance on these matters, but why haven't many NAPS tried > to be L1 based, or at least provide the option of private wire/fiber > between the larger customers in the same room. It seems to me that this > would significantly reduce the complexity and packet-loss we're currently > seeing. How long would it take to troubleshoot a cross-over FE compared > to trouble shooting two routers connected via a oversubscribed switch. The PAIX is doing something very similar to this. The prices for interconnects between cages are very reasonable. Alec -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Alec Peterson - [email protected] | Erols Internet Services, INC. | |Network Engineer | Springfield, VA. | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
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