Re: ASN draft

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Tue, 07 February 1995 17:29 UTC

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From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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Subject: Re: ASN draft
References: <95Feb7.084919pst.6245@cesium.clock.org>

> Organizations and ASes may once used to have been the same (that's
> debatable), but they simply aren't now.  Insisting that there's a
> one-to-one correlation between organizations and ASes is fantasy.

An example to substantiate Sean's point, but in a direction eh may not have
anticipated.

This organization has seven POPs.  Almost every POP is multi-homed, but not
to eachother.  We do not have a spine between, but rely on peers to transit
for us, and pay them to do so.  One organization, multiple ASs.

From some of these POP/ASs we have wires to overseas providers.  They are
very separate organizations, but single-homed, hence in our ASs.

Venn will Bill understand?  :-)