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Thu Sep 5 19:49:39 UTC 1996

> Date:    Thu, 5 Sep 1996 14:46:35 -0400
> From:    John Curran <jcurran at bbnplanet.com>
> To:      Enke Chen <enke at mci.net>
> CC:      nanog at merit.edu

> At 9:32 9/5/96, Enke Chen wrote:
> >Sorry, it was a joke (read ":-)") in replying to the original
> >question "what kind link it is".  Doing OC12 between routers
> >is still a dream today ...   
> 
> Mea culpe...  I mistook it for "marketing announcement"
> (i.e. tied to reality only in theory... ;-)
> 
> /John
> 
> 

Well, there are OC12 backbones that are being built today.  
It will not be long before we see OC12 between providers. 
Sometimes next year? 

-- Enke