Re: mae-west congestion

[lance () nsipo arc nasa gov (Lance Tatman)]

Yes, agis is on the MFS side and mci+sprint is on the nasa side,
though it is my understanding that mci put in a line on the mfs
side as well.  I believe ANS has pulled a line in on the mfs side
as well.

The two sides of the mae-west are connected by an OC-3.



At 11:43 PM 3/21/96 -0800, Nikos Mouat wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Peter Kaminski wrote:
>
> > > What I don't understand is why that has _stayed_ saturated... it seems to me
> > > that some of the big players would have rerouted their traffic by now to
avoid
> > > subjecting it to this, which would also have the side effect of causing the
> > > problem to, at least for the short term, go away.
> >
> > ...or why MFS hasn't installed a Gigaswitch there, or whatever.  We're seeing
> > 20% - 30% packet loss through AGIS to MCI and Sprintlink during the day, and
> > it's not fun.
>
> isn't agis on the mfs side and mci+sprint on the nasa side? (i know that 
> net99 was/is on the mfs side, but i dunno if agis is using their cage or 
> have a different one)
>
> are the two 'sides' of mae-west still connected by only a ds3?
>
> /nm