RE: Worldly Thoughts

[owen () DeLong SJ CA US (Owen DeLong)]

> > From:  Erik Sherk[SMTP:sherk () uunet uu net]
>
> > > From:  David Schwartz aka Joel Katz[SMTP:stimpson () stimpson igc net]
> > >    Let's look at a hypothetical situation. ISP1 peers at MAE-E and
> > > buys transit from MCI there. Now they ask Sprint to peer with them. 
> Let's
> > > look at how they reach sites on the west coast.
> >
> > This is a violation of the rules of Mae-East: it is not to be used for
> > customer connections. ISP1 must have a private connection to MCI.
> >
> > Erik
>
> Are you saying that MFS will not allow a private connection between two 
> routers located at the MAE facility, even if the connection is _not_ made 
> using the MAE FDDI switch, but is instead a direct (e.g. HSSI or AIP) 
> connection between the two routers??  If so, I haven't seen any 
> documentation to that effect...
> --
> Jim Browning
I interpret it slightly differently.  I think he is saying that if you
buy transit from MCI, you can't do it across MAE East, but instead would
need a private connection to MCI.  Presumably this could be done at the
MAE East site, as long as it did not congest the MAE East net.

Owen
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