[17081] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The questions stand
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Wed May 20 16:07:16 1998
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 15:00:17 -0500
From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>
To: rirving@onecall.net
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35632CE7.3C1E70F1@onecall.net>; from Richard Irving on Wed, May 20, 1998 at 02:20:07PM -0500
On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 02:20:07PM -0500, Richard Irving wrote:
> > I'd love to see an exchange which PUBLISHED the "saturation rates" at each
> > *PORT* to the world, identifying the carrier and speed of connection at
> > each PORT. Also, in the same breath, they would need to publish the total
> > FABRIC capacity as well as its saturation.
>
> Only one problem, *many* customers (ISP's) *demand* NDA's.
>
> :(
That's why rules for an exchange are important :-)
> > Sadly, I know of NO exchange currently in operation that subscribes to these
> > operating rules and policies.
>
> See above.
>
> We used to.... :\
Some folks need to start publicizing the names of carriers which demand
this.
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