Re: Agenda item for Nanog?

[Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>]

> I could say some worlds about this if anyone is interested and there 
> are 20 minutes avaliable on the Nanog agenda.
>
> -Peter

And how many Criscos did you have to hook up on either end to load/unload
the data into and out of insufficiently-sized buffers onto that (relatively-
high latency) pipe?

Avi

> ""
>
> Worlds first transatlantic 155Mbit native IP service
>
> On Monday 23 September 1996 00:15 UTC,
>
> Was the worlds first transatlantic 155Mbit native IP service brought
> into operation by Sprint/USA and Tele2/Sweden.
>
> The circuit which is part of SprintLink and ICMnet runs between the 
> NY-NAP in Pennsauken, NJ, USA and Tele2 in Sweden and uses Cisco 
> packet-over-sonet/sdh technology. (Native IP over SDH)
>
> In 1995 the same team from Sprint and Tele2 brought up the worlds first 
> transatlantic E3 service between the same endpoints.
>
> For more information;
>
> Sprint:  Tricia Schibler, +1 703 904 2042, <tricia.schibler () qm sprintcorp com>
> Tele2:   Olle Wallner, +46 8 5626 4058, <wallner () swip net>
>
> ""

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