Re: Internet Backbone Index

[Robert Laughlin <robert () portal dx net>]

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Gary Zimmerman wrote:
> When 80 to 90 percent of the Internet traffic is to MCI, SPRINT and UUNET
> then our model is the right way to build this, not to try and see how many
> peering agreements one can get.  

DataXchange purchases transit from uunet, mci & sprint.  But we also
aggressively try to peer with those who wish to peer.  Gary, you are wrong
to say that 90% of traffic is for uunet, mci or sprint.  I have the
statistics on my own network to prove this.  Typically we see a breakdown
like this:  

MCI                       22%
Sprint                     7% 
UUNET                     21% 
all other (via peering)   48%

In our opinion since only 52% of the traffic has its best routing thru
uunet, sprint & mci, bi-lateral peering is definately worthwhile.

Best Regards,
Robert Laughlin

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