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> > Sorry, but I can't find a Worldcom press release anywhere. I don't feel > > right cutting and pasting the entire article, but the location is slated to > > be Dallas. > > > > (BTW, isn't it scandalous that MFS would copy the PacBell NAP and build a > > MAE using S'com BPX switches? I went back and checked the nanog archives > > and compiled a list of all the ISPs that swore they would never connect to > > an ATM NAP. How many are planning to disconnect from the MAEs when the ATM > > switches come up?) > > Yes and no. Sure a lot of people that said they would not connect to a ATM > NAP, but things do change. The current FDDI NAPs are just not able to > support the current load and their is no good way to expand them. ATM has > changed a lot in the last 4 years. ATM switched have come a long way, sure > they are still not where I would like to see them, but they are getting > there. I don't think it matters anyone, the whole public NAP idea (I > think was a good idea) is dead. I don't think the point is really worth arguing. It's not the fact that they chose a particular technology. I think it was particularly nice that they asked their potential customers what they should deploy. Who knows...maybe the did ask, but I don't think they asked the right people. Dave (who's waiting to see a NAP built with a GSR (or similar) ) -- Dave Siegel [email protected] Network Engineer [email protected] (alpha pager) (520)579-0450 (home office) http://www.rtd.com/~dsiegel/
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