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Re: BBN Peering issues

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Thu Aug 13 19:04:01 1998

Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:49:17 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91.980813140939.96968K-100000@cyclone.traveller.com>; from "John A. Tamplin" <jat@traveller.com> on Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 02:20:44PM -0500

On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 02:20:44PM -0500, John A. Tamplin wrote:
> > Perhaps BBN management just passed a course in Tearing up the Internet
> > for fun and profit.

Right in one, Jon.

> More likely they think they have Exodus/etc backed into a corner with no
> option but to pay BBN for transit.

In which case, "deluded" is a good choice of adjectives.

Cheers,
-- jra
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