Re: Sonet protection usage

[michael.dillon () gtsip net]

On Thu, 27 July 2000, Jonathon Plonka wrote:

> I might point out that Global Crossing does lay out their paths as rings
> including under sea cables.
>
> http://www.globalcrossing.com/net_ac1.htm  for us to europe
> http://www.globalcrossing.com/net_pc1.htm  for US to japan.

Go to http://www.flagatlantic.com/ to read about a major transatlantic cable that is organized in physical rings. To 
see what I mean you need to go to the "cable route" page and check out the detailled maps for London-Paris and New York 
where you will see that there are two end-point rings connected by a long transatlantic ring.


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