What are the positions of Ameritech, sprint, pac bell and MFS on two
issues?
First having someone at a NAP who is there as a customer of one of the
National service providers... and who may or may not engage in cost free
peering with any of the other NSPs or even with other isps?
Second: allowing such a customer, or an NSP, to attach web services
directly to the FDDI ring at the NAP.
PAIX is doing this. As far as I know the other major interchange provider
are not. I am wondering why.
What are the positions of Ameritech, sprint, pac bell and MFS on two
issues?
Who cares? It's a business decision.
First having someone at a NAP who is there as a customer of one of the
Second: allowing such a customer, or an NSP, to attach web services
directly to the FDDI ring at the NAP.
First, there is a difference between a NAP and an exchange point. NAP's
are quasi-government-sponsored exchange points or in other words, a NAP is
a special sort of XP.
PAIX is doing this. As far as I know the other major interchange provider
are not. I am wondering why.
Digital's new XP is doing this. http://www.ix.digital.com/ for more info.
Other XP's do it too if it makes business sense. The market will figure
out whether it makes sense or not.
Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com