RD> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 14:57:59 -0400 (EDT) RD> From: Ralph Doncaster RD> I know Sprint won't peer with anyone small. I said in my RD> inital post I don't stand a chance - but who knows, at the RD> rate OC48 prices are dropping maybe next year I will meet the RD> requirements. Attention K-Mart shoppers, WorldCom OC48's on RD> sale in isle 5. ;-) Or, like Daniel mentioned, you could focus on those where you stand a chance of peering. Note that traffic requirements mean the more you peer with little guys, the harder it will be to peer with their upstreams. Pick a strategy and run with it. Being a broadband provider in SE Canada, I suggest sniffing out public peering in NYC and CHI for a start. IIRC, Hotmail and Y! are at AADS and will peer with most anyone -- there's a good chunk of traffic. Now Akamaize your network if you haven't already. It's fun to talk about infrastructure, but there comes a time where you draw the line, deciding what is real and what isn't... Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.