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Re: "@Home Subscribers Angered By New Policies"

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From: Me Again
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:00
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Greg Andrews wrote:


> 
> Really?  Quest (or is it Qwest?) isn't offering high-speed
> connections for less than Alternet/Sprint/GTE, etc.?

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!

Real "tier 1" backbone bandwidth providers have multiple private
interconnects (at geographically diverse locations) so that data moves
freely from one backbone to another when needed to get from/to its
destination.  Qwest doesn't, they rely on their "peering" at the
overcrowded MAEs.

Also, their pricing is allegedly all over the map.

jc
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