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Re: the Internet Backbone
From: Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 13:53:27 -0500 (EST)
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.
Perhaps you can tell me where PSI connects, good sir... By my count it's MAE-East and CIX and nowhere else. There are a few major backbones not at the Chicago NAP. And none of the majors are at MAE-Chicago or any of the MAEs other than East and West.
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
Avi
Current thread:
- Re: the Internet Backbone John Curran (Apr 05)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- 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)