Re: Where are ATM NAPs going?

[Jay Ford <jay-ford () uiowa edu>]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Ben Buxton wrote:
> I'm interested in peoples thoughts as to what is happening with the
> future of ATM NAPs. Are people moving away from them or are they
> still quite popular? Downsides or upsides?
> I'm trying to gauge whether they are worthy of investing equipment
> and hassle into for peering...

> From a research university perspective, the AADS NAP is a cool thing.  It
lets me do peering & various types of transit on a single circuit, & the
availability of the route servers is nice.  The full mesh of PVCs removes
most of the layer 1-2 pain involved with firing up new interactions.  The
circuit to get there isn't cheap, but it seems worth it based on my
experience.

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Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
email: jay-ford () uiowa edu, phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505