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In article <36E8CB1C.7071173@rahul.net>,
	Me Again <magical@rahul.net> writes:
 
> 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.

Your org is set to "Concentric" (apologies if you are talking about a different
Real "tier 1" backbone) so let's go to BoardWatch 

     http://boardwatch.internet.com/isp/spring99/bb/concentricpg3.html 

and see how they report Concentric is connected to the rest of the internet:

MAE West - San Jose, CA    (Most crowded peering point in the world)
MAE East - Washington D.C.
MAE LA - Los Angeles, CA 
Pac Bell San Francisco NAP - San Francisco, CA 
PAIX - Palo Alto, CA 
Ameritech Chicago NAP - Chicago, IL 

Of course you might mean something different by "overcrowded" than I am 
understanding.  I was guessing you meant number of packets peered.  MAE West
peers more packets than any other peering point on the planet.  The PacBell
NAP isn't exactly underpopulated (it used to be the second most crowded
peering point, followed by PAIX & MAE East).  

So are you suggestting that; peering where lots of peering is going on is bad 
and peering where very little peering is going on is good? 

Paul
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