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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 Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 02:24:41PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > 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. :-) That wasn't my argument; my argument was that there wasn't a lot that could be done about the lack of confluence. :) Now, with medium-sized cities like Cleveland covered by several different national NSP's as well as regional NSP's and ISP's, there isn't much of a reason that things should stay that way. > You're correct in noting that the infrastructure will support it now, > though. Thank you. :) -- Steven J. Sobol - Founding Member, Postmaster/Webmaster, ISP Liaison -- Forum for Responsible & Ethical E-mail (FREE) - Dedicated to education about, and prevention of, Unsolicited Broadcast E-mail (UBE), also known as SPAM. Info: http://www.ybecker.net
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