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Re: the Internet Backbone
- From: Avi Freedman
- Date: Fri Apr 05 13:56:29 1996
>> From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
>> And they solicit our customers, sigh.
>>
>> And someone with 2 T1s to Sprint has been saying "We are *the* Internet
>> Backbone in South Jersey".
>>
>> Everyone (of importance) agrees that in order to claim you're a backbone
>> you have to (now, not a year ago) be connected to at least 2 public NAPs/MAEs
>> and have at least one circuit that runs at DS3 or higher speed.
>>
> No, that is not correct.
>
> A US Internet "backbone" is one which connects to ALL the NAP/MAEs in
> the US. Not just two. All of them.
Perhaps you can tell me where PSI connects, good sir...
By my count it's MAE-East and CIX and nowhere else.
There are a few major backbones not at the Chicago NAP.
And none of the majors are at MAE-Chicago or any of the MAEs other
than East and West.
> Everyone else is just a "regional", of one size or another.
>
> If anyone solicits your customers saying otherwise, report them for
> false advertising to the FTC, and sue the bastards.
>
> WSimpson@UMich.edu
Avi
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