[10500] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Flawed logic?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Vaden)
Sun Jul 6 16:44:27 1997
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 15:35:51 -0500
To: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
From: Larry Vaden <vaden@texoma.net>
Cc: pagan@apnic.net, smd@clock.org, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970706095825.006d0370@lint.cisco.com>
At 09:58 AM 7/6/97 -0400, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>
>The 'free lunch' syndrome is one in which, historically, the service
>providers in the default-free zone willingly propagated all routing
>announcements announced to them without hesitation. Now they have
>drawn policy lines where this is not the case, and in some instances,
>will no longer entertain peering relationships without economic
>incentive. The syndrome is one in which those who are directly or
>indirectly affected complain bitterly that they feel they are being
>unfairly discriminated against and that such activities are restraining
>their ability to run a business.
>
Paul seems to be saying there is the possibility of a market solution to
"the routers will fall over" problem.
If you are in a position or know some one who is in a position to discuss
this issue further, please email me privately at vaden@texoma.net.
Thank you,
Larry Vaden, founder and CEO
Internet Texoma, Inc.
