Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 17:06:07 +0500 (GMT+0500) From: "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.0-RELEASE now available! Message-ID: <199511211206.RAA07025@hq.icb.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <199511210756.IAA16674@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Nov 21, 95 08:56:21 am
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> As Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > > i have not yet had a chance to play with a source-routing > > traceroute or to sendmail to myself by way of two sites in, say, > > australia. i have heard horror stories about non-us > > connectivity--several nets in one country reach each other by way of the > > usa. is this really teh case ?? > > Unfortunately, yes. :-( > > At least here, several upcoming providers start with a leased line to > US (or UK in one case) in order to provide their connectivity. > National interconnections often follow years behind. (One of these > providers was able to establish these interconnections meanwhile, at > least to other ones are still being routed via US.) Really the providers may get more profit when they are connected independently through USA if they charge more for the intercontinental traffic. Serge Babkin ! (babkin@hq.icb.chel.su) ! Headquarter of Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Chelindbank" ! Chelyabinsk, Russia
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