Peering versus Transit

Mon Sep 30 15:36:51 UTC 1996

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Barney Wolff wrote:

> Er, why did the exchange operator let you put a router on their switching
> fabric if you're not peering there with somebody?  Are there actual
> cases of people with routers at NAPs/MAEs/xIXs who don't peer with anyone?

It's possible that the fabric on which EP is built is used for other purposes.
For example, Ameritech NAP runs on the same ATM switch that a research VPN
called MREN runs on.

-dorian