VanLUG Email Archive
> I don't see it that way. SFU and UBC are on CAnet; during peak hours,
> their connection to many other places doesn't seem to be as fast as
> compared to Internet Direct, which is using StarCom and Sprint. (I
> don't know about MCI, though.) I assumed that since the US is richer
> than us Canadians, they have more backbones than CAnet.
Thats fine. Direct is multihomed. So thats not a good example. If the
sprint line from direct is hosed, traffic will run via starcom.
Guess I missed your point.
> I agree wth the first part, but further upstream, it depends on who
> your ISP is. (Internet Direct does provide ADSL as well as Sympatico.)
No it doesnt depend who your ISP is with ADSL. Your ISP does not handle
any of the badnwidth. All the bandwidth is handled by BCTel. Support and
Services are handled by your ISP in which you have an ADSL account with.
That is all.
-- Tim Baur xcert software inc.