Re: Peering points

[Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>]

Actually, it could well be that Sprint's having trouble there - but
Sprintlink has actually been amazingly stable there and at MAE-East
for the last 3-6 months.

But Sprint's always been screwy about Pennsauken...

Avi

> I'm not trying to imply anything, just that there is a current limit on
> customer connections there.  Your routing through Pennsauken seems to be
> pretty event free, so maybe Sprint simply wants the NAP to stay optimum
> and not overloaded.  This would be a Good Thing. 
>
> 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:        Sunday, April 06, 1997 7:27 PM
> > To:  Dave Van Allen
> > Cc:  freedman () netaxs com; SEAN () SDG DRA COM; nanog () merit edu
> > Subject:     Re: Peering points
> >
> > Interesting...
> > We've seen the SprintNAP as a good place to send data to Sprintlink
> > and MCI - and UUNET, when we were peering with them there.
> >
> > Avi
> >
> > > 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

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