I'd like to set one thing straight: It is completely bogus if people run around believing there are huge amounts of non-US traffic transiting the US, clogging up exchanges and whatnot. The volume of this kind of traffic is completely in the noise compared to traffic which is sourced and/or destined in/for the US; any argument suggesting the opposite is misguided or wilfully misleading. -- ------ ___ --- Per G. Bilse, Mgr Network Operations ----- / / / __ ___ _/_ ---- EUnet Communications Services B.V. ---- /--- / / / / /__/ / ----- Singel 540, 1017 AZ Amsterdam, NL --- /___ /__/ / / /__ / ------ tel: +31 20 5305333, fax: +31 20 6224657 --- ------- 24hr emergency number: +31 20 421 0865 --- Connecting Europe since AS286 --- http://www.EU.net e-mail: bilse@EU.net