I got this from one of our downstream customers. Is there any truth to this ? -forrestc@imach.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 11:07:57 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: forrestc@mt.net Subject: More network problems OK, here's the scoop, from the network weenie at Walnut Creek.

Okay, here's what you can do...Have your ISP contact Sprint and complain that they don't have connectivity to CRL network Services. CRL has T3s at several places that Sprint is at, but Sprint won't peer with them (Sprint has some stupid new requirements, apparantly, requiring peering at 3 NAPs.) No problem - all of CRLs are on 7507s :-)

Anyway, CRL is at 2 NAPs - Washington DC and PacBell. Sprint's just being stubborn. ...anyway, have them complain to Sprint. The contact person at CRL is Eric Mehlhaff (415) 837 5300, he's the cheif network engineer.

(pass this info on to Sprint, but don't have your ISP call CRL - Eric would just be annoyed).

Eric is trying to force Sprint to peer with them at DS3 speeds (45mbit), and this might help.

Right now, I can get to WC in-directly by going through sri.com, but this isn't acceptable as I need direct IP connectivity to get the latest source bits. Nate