Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider relations

Tue Oct 29 03:44:54 UTC 1996

At 11:08 PM 10/26/96 +0100, Jim Dixon wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Jeremy Porter wrote:

>> If companies like Global Sprintlink, Cable and Wireless, etc,
>> are going into non-US peering locations, then it is already
>> changing.  
>
>Yes it is already changing.  But as far as I can see, Global 
>SprintLink represents the old US-centric model: GSL is the 
>international arm of SprintLink and essentially sells bandwidth 
>into the States.  C&W is setting itself up as a global backbone
>provider.  
>

Global SprintLink (now called Global-One) peers locally in most countries in
which they have POPs with the intention to peer in every country. Their plan
is to sell local access, with traffic exchange at the local national and
regional level without resorting to backhauling to the US.

Andy