On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 11:31:27PM -0400, Steve Sobol wrote:
I wonder how much bandwidth at the MAEs could be saved if more areas built local low-cost NAPs just for local traffice exchanges?
I think there's a lot of merit to this proposal. When I first signed on with a local Internet provider, the owner explained to me that GEOGRAPHIC proximity does not always equal INTERNET proximity. Back then (1991-92) there was not a lot of infrastructure, so often that couldn't be helped. It's quite different now, though.
No it's not. There's still little confluence between the two distance metrics. :-) You're correct in noting that the infrastructure will support it now, though. Gotta go find me a vulture capitalist... Cheers, - jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com