a little thought on exchanging traffic

Wed May 20 03:52:23 UTC 1998

> From: black at bleep.ishiboo.com
> Subject: a little thought on exchanging traffic
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:03:17 -0500 (EST)
> 
> Anyone thought about eliminating large physical exchange points and replacing 
> them with a more distributed architecture?
> 
> Multiple data centers interconnected over ATM in a single metro area run by
> indepdenant entities who are free to provide any level of service or value
> add they wish.  

Why restrict yourself to a single metro area?  Why not simply use a
nationwide ATM service?

-tjs