different thinking on exchanging traffic

Mon Jun 1 18:24:41 UTC 1998

On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 11:31:27PM -0400, Steve Sobol wrote:
> > I wonder how much bandwidth at the MAEs could be saved if more areas
> > built local low-cost NAPs just for local traffice exchanges?
> 
> I think there's a lot of merit to this proposal. When I first signed on with
> a local Internet provider, the owner explained to me that GEOGRAPHIC
> proximity does not always equal INTERNET proximity. Back then (1991-92)
> there was not a lot of infrastructure, so often that couldn't be helped. It's
> quite different now, though.

No it's not.

There's still little confluence between the two distance metrics.  :-)

You're correct in noting that the infrastructure will support it now,
though.

Gotta go find me a vulture capitalist...

Cheers,
- jra
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