Re: GCI and PEER Network


Subject: Re: GCI and PEER Network
From: Scott Johnson (sjohnson@gci.net)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 22:01:38 AKST


OK.. I keep hearing that the peering between GCI & IAI has been
disconnected, yet howcome iak-gci.admin.gci.net (208.162.141.58) is still
up??? I thought it was the peer link, no?

Maybe one of our GCI/IAI(ACS) techs knows the answer.

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: <jsaam@mcc-cpa.com>
To: <lsawyer@gci.com>
Cc: <aklug@aklug.org>
Sent: 18 December, 2001 09:36
Subject: RE: GCI and PEER Network

>
> Yeah I suppose my post was a little over-done.. I was just mad. I can see
> how ISP's in the lower 48 would not want to do it, but they don't "have"
to
> do it. The people down there don't have to "hop" quite as far as we have
to
> when forced to route through Seattle.
>
> It just plain sux. So I guess it's pick and choose your ISP -- wether you
> want ACS Customers to use your server, or GCI -- hehe.. Why can't they all
> just get along?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Sawyer [mailto:lsawyer@gci.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 8:04 AM
> To: Jon Saam
> Subject: RE: GCI and PEER Network
>
>
> Well, My take on it would be that it's not in a business's best interest.
> This has been hashed over and rehashed so many times before -- you might
> want to check the archives.
>
> But the summary of it all boils down to the ISP mentality of "Make them
come
> to us if they want our content" which EVERY ISP has. There's just no
> rational business logic to support a local peering point.
>
> My opinion's, not my employers.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jsaam@mcc-cpa.com [mailto:jsaam@mcc-cpa.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:30 PM
> > To: aklug@aklug.org
> > Subject: GCI and PEER Network
> >
> >
> > A little off subject, but important topic --
> >
> > Anyone know why GCI doesn't want to allow a Peer Network (local loop)
> > between local ISP's? I'm kinda pissed now that I can't get a decent
> > ping on my server here (hosted via t-1 by TelAlaska) when I'm @ home
> > on cable. Ha..
> > in fact, I can set a computer on the cable modem, right next
> > to the computer
> > on the T-1, and I still get 200+ pings.. hehe.. that totally sux :)
> >
> > Comments? <also, check out GCI forum for posts related to this>
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>



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