Re: UUNet 10Plus

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

Which NAP is that?


At 12:20 PM 7/9/97 -0700, Sanjay Dani wrote:
> > questions, or comments would be appreciated.  Once again, I understand
> > that you only get 6Mbps out of a 10Mbps ethernet link, I just want to know
> > why UUNet won't deliver a better handoff to their 10Plus customers and
> > allow them to actually get 10Mbps.  I guess they're going to try pushing
>
> The last time I talked to a UUnet sales rep with a clue, he
> "pretty much" acknowledged that the reason their 10 Plus service
> is not much more expensive than the dual T1 service is because they
> know the customer can't push 10Mb anyway. He "pretty much" refused to
> give the 10 plus service within a NAP --where our router is colocated
> with theirs and PNIs are allowed-- over a 10baseT (better than
> the netedge) or local loop DS3 handoff.
>
> Sales people never say things directly, hence the "pretty much" quote
> above which is my reading of his excuses.
>
> Sanjay.
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