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the Internet Backbone
From: "William Allen Simpson" <bsimpson () morningstar com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 15:32:57 GMT
From: Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com> And they solicit our customers, sigh. And someone with 2 T1s to Sprint has been saying "We are *the* Internet Backbone in South Jersey". Everyone (of importance) agrees that in order to claim you're a backbone you have to (now, not a year ago) be connected to at least 2 public NAPs/MAEs and have at least one circuit that runs at DS3 or higher speed.
No, that is not correct. A US Internet "backbone" is one which connects to ALL the NAP/MAEs in the US. Not just two. All of them. Everyone else is just a "regional", of one size or another. If anyone solicits your customers saying otherwise, report them for false advertising to the FTC, and sue the bastards. WSimpson () UMich edu Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32 BSimpson () MorningStar com Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
Current thread:
- Re: the Internet Backbone John Curran (Apr 05)
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- the Internet Backbone William Allen Simpson (Apr 05)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Gordon Cook (Apr 05)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Michael Dillon (Apr 05)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Mark Boolootian (Apr 05)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Avi Freedman (Apr 05)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Christopher E. Stefan (Apr 07)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Avi Freedman (Apr 07)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Roy (Apr 07)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Mark S. Fedor (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Avi Freedman (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Mark S. Fedor (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Gordon Cook (Apr 05)