RE: Peering points

[Dave Van Allen <dave () fast net>]

FYI Sprint is not allowing anything larger than 6Mb from Pensauken,
circa April 4, 1997, for customer connections that is.

Best regards,

David Van Allen - You Tools Corporation / FASTNET(tm)
dave () fast net (610) 289-1100  http://www.fast.net
FASTNET - PA/NJ/DE Internet Solutions

> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Avi Freedman [SMTP:freedman () netaxs com]
> Sent:  Saturday, April 05, 1997 5:03 AM
> To:    SEAN () SDG DRA COM
> Cc:    nanog () merit edu
> Subject:       Re: Peering points
>
> > Or is the entire thing irrelevant, because everyone is moving to private
> > bilateral connections.  And the important thing is how many providers
> > does someone peer, not how many exchange points they're connected to.
> > For the price of one Sprint-NAP connection, I can get several connections
> > to Canada.  And we have a lot more customers in Canada than at the
> > Sprint-NAP.  We already peer with everyone at the Sprint-NAP, or been
> > turned down by them elsewhere.  So one more exchange point doesn't buy
> > much.
> > -- 
> > Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> >   Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
> The SprintNAP is a much less congested place than MAE-East (though most
> providers also have less capacity out of it [besides Sprintlink, GSL,
> ICM, etc...])...
>
> Avi
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -