[107714] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: InterCage, Inc. (NOT Atrivo)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Thu Sep 11 19:10:18 2008
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:10:05 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <991135A7-9F8D-4298-83E4-E337600AAA46@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
>> amidst all this high flyin' political theory discussion of rights, there
>> is an elephant in the room. as conditions to merger/purchase, there
>> were legal restrictions placed on one or more significant operators
>> regarding [de-]peering (i.e. your statement above is significantly
>> incorrect). my altzheimer's device tells me that those restrictions end
>> 2008.12.31. expect change.
> The fact there is a temporary exception to the rule for two providers in
> the US who agreed to the exception for reasons other than peering /
> transit does not mean the rule is invalid.
so sorry to have interrupted a deep discussion of political theory on
rights and unwritten rules with operational reality :)
randy
