22 Oct
1996
22 Oct
'96
11:06 p.m.
While there is no difference from a technology perspective, there's also no benefit to be gained by interconnecting large networks at a public (as opposed to private) interconnects.
The benefit is about the same as aggregating traffic through a backbone circuit versus having separate circuits connecting each traffic source and destination. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation