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In article <DJyz2B.BJq@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca>,
Dennis Ferguson <dennis@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>In article <4b5sda$2q9@felix.junction.net>,
>Michael Dillon <michael@okjunc.junction.net> wrote:
>>This is to laugh! BC-Tel made the same mistake of connecting to ANS in 
>>the USA, unlike the *FAST* and well-run backbone operated by MCI which 
>>CA*Net connects to. But BC-Tel was smart enough to dump that crappy ANS 
>>connection and haul a DS3 down to MCI in California. Now B.C. companies 
>>can get the best Internet connectivity in North America from their choice 
>>of two companies, BCNet (a CA*Net affiliate) or BC-Tel (a Stentor group 
>>member).

>backbones, I doubt if MCI's DS3's are *FAST*er than the one's ANS buys from
>MCI, nor more reliable.  Is this another intuition thing?

I really have had no reason to compare the two networks recently, but 
earlier in 1995, when BC-Tel *WAS* connected through ANS, I noticed lots 
of problems connecting to BCTEL customers. Oftent the MCI routing went 
fairly directly to an exchange poiunt, then ANS' routing took a torturous 
path. ANS seemed to drop more packets (when I looked). I also noticed 
that often when there was a problem reaching a site, the route went 
through ANS. So it is a judgement call based on what was happening at the 
time. I suspect BC-Tel was not happy with their service from ANS either 
and that is why they switched to MCI. Just my intuitive assumptions based 
on running a number of scattered datapoints through my personal neural 
network.

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