different thinking on exchanging traffic
bmanning at karoshi.com
bmanning at karoshi.com
Mon Jun 1 18:47:23 UTC 1998
> On Sat, May 23, 1998 at 04:50:52PM -0700, Tom Perrine wrote:
>
> > Currently there are at least 60 ISPs serving the San Diego county
> > area. There are LOTS of packets from "home" to "office" that make a
> > round-trip via MAE-West. Some people have decided that this is
> > silly. Even if it is "cost-effective", it *squanders* bandwidth at
> > MAE-West that could best be used for other traffic.
> >
> > 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. i
Then check out the San Diego NAP....
--bill
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