Re: Telco NOC vs. Internet NOCs (WAS: Wanted: Clueful Individual @ TeleGlobe.n

[Robert Cannon <rmcannon () mail com>]

I am not saying too much solid at all about how much the IXC's utilize each
others networks.  It is really just an impression.  I suppose one that I am
curious about how accurate it is. The impression again is that AT&T provides
end to end service - which is quite different from the Internet where
networks keep playing hot potato with the traffic.  Sean's comments are
interesting - I would love to see something more substantiated just for fun.
I would be curious, where two networks exist, how much traffic they might
exchange.  And then there is the situation which was pointed out where one
of two networks does not exist and the first must rely on the second to
complete the transmission.

I think regulatorily there has been a lot of attention paid to traffic
exchanged between LEC and LEC - and traffic exchanged between LECs and IXCs
- but not necessarily traffic exchanged between IXC and IXC (again, except
in the case of network reliability where one IXC is down and relies upon the
other).

-B
www.cybertelecom.org

------Original Message------
From: Ric Messier <rmessier () Genuity NET>
To: Robert Cannon <rmcannon () mail com>
Sent: July 18, 2000 4:40:44 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Telco NOC vs. Internet NOCs (WAS: Wanted: Clueful Individual @
TeleGlobe.n


On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Robert Cannon wrote:

> I am curious how often you think that ATT telephone long distance would
hand
> traffic off to MCI telephone long distance.  My impression of telephone
long
> distance is that it is largely an end to end service (one of the great
> differences from the Internet).  That as far as long distance goes, there
is
> not a great deal traffic hand off (one exception is times of network
trouble
> where carriers have agreements to hand off traffic to maintain network
> reliability).


So, what you are saying is that all long-distance carriers have at least
nationwide networks and never have to ride another carrier (except for the
last-mile service provided by the LEC)?

Just trying to understand your remarks.

Ric


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