Re: Peering points

["Steve Schnell, Sprint Corporation" <schnell () gsd sprint com>]

At 1:43 -0400 4.7.97, Avi Freedman wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 06, 1997 at 07:53:26PM -0400, Nathan Stratton wrote:
> > > Well then why did they require us to have FULL T3 into that NAP?
> >
> > Well, because you are not a Sprint CUSTOMER, which is exactly the type
> > of connection that Avi was talking about (transit customer
> > connections).
> >
> > Alec

It has nothing to do with being a Sprint customer.  Sprint Government
Systems Division, the NAP operator, does not support T1 connections to its
NAP.

> And because there was a provider who had a T1 into the NAP for quite
> some time :)

Those two providers upgraded to DS3 almost a year ago.  We haven't
supported T1s since then.

> Anyway, why would you put less than a "FULL T3" into that NAP?
>
> Avi

Precisely!  Why would a ISP with a DS3 into the NAP want to peer with a T1?

Steve



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