Tim, > To: bmanning@isi.edu (Bill Manning) > Cc: ltwu@faline.bellcore.com, iepg@iepg.org, nanog@merit.edu, > nap-info@merit.edu > Subject: Re: Comments > Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 16:18:23 -0700 > [...] > The issue behind the NAP's is that they could have been engineered t o > use simpler and more mature interconnect technology at the start, bu t > are instead using immature technology to meet non-technical requirem ents > that the customers of the NAPs are not they themselves imposing. > [...] The Sprint NAP is using FDDI initially. -tjs Mea Culpa. I forgot to point this out. Sprint's NAP does start with FDDI and evolve into national ATM access, and also allows colocation of user owned equipment at the Sprint NAP. You guys should be congratulated on putting engineering and management issues ahead of marketing in your design. KISS still triumphs over complexity, even in today's frantic age... Thanks, Milo