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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Where are ATM NAPs going?
On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Ben Buxton wrote: > I'm interested in peoples thoughts as to what is happening with the > future of ATM NAPs. Are people moving away from them or are they > still quite popular? Downsides or upsides? > I'm trying to gauge whether they are worthy of investing equipment > and hassle into for peering... >From a research university perspective, the AADS NAP is a cool thing. It lets me do peering & various types of transit on a single circuit, & the availability of the route servers is nice. The full mesh of PVCs removes most of the layer 1-2 pain involved with firing up new interactions. The circuit to get there isn't cheap, but it seems worth it based on my experience. ________________________________________________________________________ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 email: [email protected], phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505
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