[194691] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Making interconnection agreements between networks more dynamic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Tue May 23 15:02:32 2017
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 20:02:20 +0100
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: Pedro de Botelho Marcos <pbmarcos@inf.ufrgs.br>
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Pedro de Botelho Marcos wrote:
> The current approach for establishing
> agreements is cumbersome, typically requiring lengthy discussions.
i'm not sure the available data supports this conclusion:
> http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_register/subject_matter/berec/download/0/6574-2016-survey-of-internet-carrier-intercon_0.pdf
which notes:
> Of the total analyzed agreements, 1,347 (0.07%) were formalized in
> written contracts. This is down from 0.49% in 2011. The remaining
> 1,934,166 (99.93%) were “handshake” agreements in which the parties
> agreed to informal or commonly understood terms without creating a
> written document.
Nick
