Politics and Implementation of Internet Infrastructure

[Brian Kelsay]

What does any of that have to do with Perl?  Hunh??

Garrett Goebel wrote:

> Just a note from the Kansas City Perl Mongers letting you all know our
> next meeting will be at 7PM on Tues. July the 8th at the Planet Sub on
> 50th and Main. And as it crosses over into areas of interest to lug's I
> hope you all won't mind the post.
>
> http://kc.pm.org/news.html
> http://www.planetsub.com/kc.html
>
> The presentation will by Adam Sajna on the Politics and
> Implementation of Internet Infrastructure.
>
> Ever wonder about the differences between self-styled
> Internet backbone providers, Tier 1, Tier 2, and small time
> ISPs. You've heard of T1's, but what about T3, OC3, OC12,
> OC48, and OC192? Know what peering is? Variations on peering
> agreements, when and how they are formed? Balanced bandwidth?
> Where the feeds come in to Kansas City? What goes on behind
> the scenes? How to get a 100Mb feed for $1,000/month?
>
> Next week's meeting promises to be interesting. Hope to see you there.
>
> --
> Garrett Goebel
> IS Development Specialist
>
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