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From: J.Crowcroft@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Jon Crowcroft)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: problems with nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
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Date: 4 Mar 91 11:21:06 GMT
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 >>It seems outrageous that all mail to the UK is shoved through one
 >>system.

it aint just the system - there is currently one main link for
academic traffic - if someone wants to fund another one they are
welcome - its fairly expensive:-)

soon, we (hope we) will have fallback routes via RIPE/IXI and via other ICBNET
bits of routes...

 >>Does anyone out there know what is going on and when it might be
 >>fixed.

this probably isnt the right list to discuss network operations, but
have you tried mailing gateway-outage at BBN who manage the
butterflies either end of the UK-US link...a little pressure on them
might help fix things like routing table size limits sooner
(actually now fixed...but not for ever since they seem to be compiled 
in limits).

also, i recommend mailing the people at ULCC (john seymour
and/or tony bates)
who actually run the service there
since they can answer technically better than anyone else...

and are responsible for the end systems you refer to...

jon