Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider relations

[Peter Lothberg <roll () Stupi SE>]

> So what's the problem? Basically, one organisation, Ebone, which
> operates a fairly large pan-European net, won't peer with others. This
> means that European customers connected to non-Ebone connected
> providers like Global One lack European connectivity without going
> through the US. Ebone provides great connectivity at cost, but the big
> US NSPs making presences in Europe naturally don't want to buy
> bandwidth from someone like Ebone. We'll see what happens.
>
> - Jakob Faarvang
> cybernet.dk

I don't think this is correct. Ebone peers with other pan-european
networks of comparable size, IBM, BT and EUnet comes to my mind.

G1 is a customer of Ebone and connects in Paris.


--Peter

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