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From: Erik Sherk[SMTP:sherk@uunet.uu.net]

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From: David Schwartz aka Joel Katz[SMTP:stimpson@stimpson.igc.net] Let's look at a hypothetical situation. ISP1 peers at MAE-E and buys transit from MCI there. Now they ask Sprint to peer with them. Let's look at how they reach sites on the west coast.

This is a violation of the rules of Mae-East: it is not to be used for customer connections. ISP1 must have a private connection to MCI.

Erik

Are you saying that MFS will not allow a private connection between two routers located at the MAE facility, even if the connection is _not_ made using the MAE FDDI switch, but is instead a direct (e.g. HSSI or AIP) connection between the two routers?? If so, I haven't seen any documentation to that effect... -- Jim Browning

I interpret it slightly differently. I think he is saying that if you buy transit from MCI, you can't do it across MAE East, but instead would need a private connection to MCI. Presumably this could be done at the MAE East site, as long as it did not congest the MAE East net. Owen