Proposed change at the Interconnect

Tue Nov 3 17:21:21 UTC 1992

I would much rather go in the other direction: to stop peering with the T1 
backbone and to rely on the crossover for all T1 only traffic.

This has several advantages:
- The next transition (disconnecting the T1) is a NOOP as far as most
	sites are concerned.
- Conversly there will be a flag day when the T1 is turned off - can you
	prove in advance that there will be no side effects?
- We (the mid-levels) can move on to simpler routing configurations now
- Merit can start to dismantle the fringes of the T1 backbone
- Simpler diagnosis, because fall back to the T1 will not confuse pingers
- Only a small subset of the T1 continues to be production critical to anyone.
- With your plan, other possible changes become more difficult becuase sites
	can not stop peering w/ the T1.
- It motivates all people who MUST have the T1 to move on.   The NSF is
	spending a lot of money on T1 lines and electricity for NSSs
	which could be better spent elsewhere: I bet just a few months
	of bills will pay for the migration.

Disadvantages: 
- It should wait until the all T1 safety tails are installed in the T3 backbone
	Ours is scheduled for later this week.
- Lower performance to the remaing T1 only sites.
- Sites using clnp.....

Perhaps the decision can be made on a per site basis?  How about just asking
all regionals to drop their T1 announcements from 3 or 4 AS's to 1 or 2?
Their choice...

--MM--