On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Chris A. Icide wrote:
Now that I've thrown in my share of late night sarcasm, It would interest me greatly to understand exactly why you came to the following conclusions:
1. The "operation" in Atlanta is Mickey Mouse
Both the Internet and the POTS system are telecommunications networks that are vital to the modern economy. POTS moreso than the Internet right now but the Internet is certainly heading in that direction. POTS exchanges are always in ground floor concrete buildings with no windows or underground. But in Atlanta they stick it up on the 5th floor of some office building?!?!?!?
2. The floor # of a bulding affects the quality of the Exchange Point 3. The type of building affect the quality of the Exchange Point
I cannot explain these ones but have reached this conclusion from observing how the phone company builds and locates its exchanges.
4. A city the size of Atlanta needs more than 1 Exchange Point
It has a lot more than one POTS exchange. Thus it will need more than 1 Internet exchange. Why should the packets from every video-call in the city all travel downtown when frequently the two parties live in the same neighborhood?
Truly I would be very interested in your thoughts on these items, as well may a few other folks on this list.
I'm taking a long term view in which ISP's are just another form of telephone company. Many ISP's are now getting to the size where they can consider aquiring strategically located properties, building concrete block exchange/colo buildings, wiring up entire office towers with IP fiber and even running their own fibre in some case, especially in new subdivisions. By today's standards Atlanta-NAP may be a really great thing, but too soon we will discover that we aren't living in "today" any more and the standards will be different. Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com