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Article #1188Re: Which Vancouver ISPs have BCnet connections?
From: John Nemeth
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <01bb99f3$7ff22960$88205289@dogwood.netcom.ubc.ca> "Michael Hrybyk" <Michael.Hrybyk@ubc.ca> writes:
>This is a common problem - many local ISPs only route traffic south. In
>fact, any local ISP getting their backbone connectivity from Sprint,
>Westel, Unitel, or MCI (to name a few) do this. Istar has a connection to
>the Canadian CIX in Toronto, and is not too bad.
Hmm... My iStar traffic goes south. Of course depending on
where it is going, south may be faster then east.
Actually, I've had very little trouble going anywhere lately.
The major backbones are fast enough now, that unless you are pumping
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John Nemeth jnemeth@cue.bc.ca
System Administrator
CUEBC, TC, VIFA, access Opinions are my own.
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