[171791] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Observations of an Internet Middleman (Level3) (was: RIP Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Wed May 14 10:55:31 2014
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From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:28:55 +0200
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On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:11:30 AM Matthew Petach wrote:
> I'm constantly amazed at how access networks
> think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit
> for just their routes when they represent less than
> 1/10th of the overall traffic volume. The math just
> doesn't work out. It's nothing about being tier 1, or
> bigger than someone else; it's just math, pure and
> simple.
I suppose because (in the context of Access networks) the=20
most interested folk that would be even willing to consider=20
paying them for their routes are the content owners.
As a fellow middleman with no content on the backbone, I'd=20
have little interest in paying an Access network for their=20
routes, if it's cheaper to get to them through an existing=20
peer or upstream.
Mark.
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