On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 11:18:14AM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, John Butler wrote:
This statement is deluded to say the least. BBN peers with most other major backbone providers, and they have one of the fastest, most reliable networks in the world. Say Ms. Hancock ends up buying transit from Digex or UUnet. Under most current hot-potato routing schemes, that carrier will drop the packet at the closest BBN peering point, and the
But...do Above.net and Exodus.net actually buy transit from anyone, or are they each large enough that they just connect to the various NAPs and have free peering with all the other major networks? If they don't buy transit from any other backbone, and lose peering with BBN, what path will packets between BBN and either of the two above take?
None. And when BBN customers call Exodus customers to ask why they can't get through, I hope Exodus has informed them (before that happens) why and what they should do with their BBN contracts. (hint: paper shredders make wonderful confetti). -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost