Re: Can you explain why paths to same host diverge?

[Tim Salo <salo () networkcs com>]

> From: John Hawkinson <jhawk () bbnplanet com>
> Subject: Re: Can you explain why paths to same host diverge?
> To: booloo () cats ucsc edu (Mark Boolootian)
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 20:11:48 -0500 (EST)
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
>       [...]
> I feel obligated to ask -- is there some reason you didn't
> direct your query to Sprint, before asking NANOG? It really seems like
> this is the kind of question they should be able to answer for you,
> and diagnose the problem to some extent. I can't see a good reason to ask
> here without asking the providers in question, first.
>       [...]

I rather suspect that you provided a much more interesting, and much
more public, answer than Mark would have received from Sprint.  Now,
if you hadn't provided such an informative answer, your question might
be a better fit.

-tjs