[141364] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy Hess)
Tue Jun 7 21:01:50 2011
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=jpu_LBDBi+WBhpYzGg8GHYRpNtQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 19:41:03 -0500
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:10 PM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
[snip]
> gets a 200 amp electrical service. The problem with that notion is
> that A) consumers are hooked on "unlimited," and B) your toaster
Consumers aren't getting "unlimited right now".
They're getting (unknown number of databytes)/month, before the ISP
speed caps, throttles, rate limits them or turns them off for "excessive usage".
> doesn't get hacked and start consuming 200 amps all day without your
> knowledge.
Your toaster is plugged into an outlet that probably has a 20 amp
circuit breaker on it.
If someone hacks it without your knowledge to eat 200 amps, it will
get turned off.
A similar mechanism could be built into network CPEs.
--
-JH
