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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: different thinking on exchanging traffic
On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 11:31:27PM -0400, Steve Sobol wrote: > > I wonder how much bandwidth at the MAEs could be saved if more areas > > built local low-cost NAPs just for local traffice exchanges? > > I think there's a lot of merit to this proposal. When I first signed on with > a local Internet provider, the owner explained to me that GEOGRAPHIC > proximity does not always equal INTERNET proximity. Back then (1991-92) > there was not a lot of infrastructure, so often that couldn't be helped. It's > quite different now, though. No it's not. There's still little confluence between the two distance metrics. :-) You're correct in noting that the infrastructure will support it now, though. Gotta go find me a vulture capitalist... Cheers, - jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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