[133554] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peering, derivatives, and big brother
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken)
Sun Dec 12 13:39:31 2010
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:39:28 -0500
From: Ken <ken@sizone.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=j-XZJ2se-adzWGJsHLUkP1SBDDzwHDjY9oB=3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 01:36:08PM -0500, Jeff Wheeler said:
>A read through this New York Times article on derivatives clearing,
>and the exclusivity that big banks seek to maintain, would look very
>much like an article on large-scale peering, to someone who is not
>expert in both topics. The transit-free club and the "derivatives
>dealers club" may have other similarities in the future, and it's
>worth watching how further government regulation develops in this
>area. It may lead to insight into how government might eventually
>regulate ISPs seeking to become settlement-free.
>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12advantage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&src=busln
dont think so. 'cyber' is a panicword, results in way different regulations.
also, the top player's influences through backchannels on the regulation process would be
vastly different in those two industries.
/kc
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