Which Vancouver ISPs have BCnet connections?

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From: Dave Martindale
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00

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We're thinking of getting an account with a commercial ISP.  Most of
our packets will be exchanged with UBC and SFU, which I believe get their
Internet connectivity via BCnet.  Thus, it would be useful if our chosen
ISP had a BCnet connection (not necessarily as their only contact with
the outside world) so that these packets can stay in the local area.

I understand that some local ISPs get connectivity from various U.S.
carriers, and that packets have to travel either south or east into the
U.S. before returning to BCnet.  This seems sub-wonderful both for
round trip time and reliability reasons, so I'd like to avoid such ISPs.

	Dave

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From: davem@cs.ubc.ca (Dave Martindale)
Subject: Which Vancouver ISPs have BCnet connections?
Date: 1996/09/01
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