[107716] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: InterCage, Inc. (NOT Atrivo)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu Sep 11 21:59:52 2008
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <48C9A54D.3030001@psg.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:59:48 -0400
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Sep 11, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>>> 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 :)
Cute. :-)
But the "operational reality" is that you have no real expectation of
connectivity to any other network.
--
TTFN,
patrick
