[18833] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBN Peering issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bowman)
Tue Aug 18 19:22:44 1998
From: Robert Bowman <rob@elite.exodus.net>
To: cook@cookreport.com (Gordon Cook)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 15:05:57 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: scharf@vix.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v04011742b1fe518d26bb@[192.168.0.1]> from "Gordon Cook" at Aug 17, 98 05:44:53 pm
As I stated before, please read the current 10Q. I believe I made
it clear that Exodus has purchased transit in the past. I also made
it very clear that it really isn't the issue. I *could* purchase
transit. The question is will I? The "other" folks *could* purchase
transit, but will they? Even if I did have transit, *would* I use
it to allow BBN to disconnect?
Rob
>
> Jerry, the most important paragraph followed a few lines later:
>
> "Many of the operators of the private peering interconnections are
> competitors of the Company. Currently, ***the Company does not pay a fee
> for many of these interconnections,*** and if these organizations were to
> begin to charge the Company for utilizing these interconnections, or, in
> the cases where the ***Company currently pays a fee,*** to increase the pricing
> associated with utilizing these networks, the Company may be required to
> identify alternative methods through which it can distribute its customers'
> content."
>
> Exodus has certainly said or implied that they had universal no cost
> interconnection? No? Or are we going on nuances here like the
> interconnections are peering that is being paid for instead of transit and
> so they really don't count???
>
> The worldcom statement could be leased lines for their own backbone. True.
> but do you think that they get no cost peering from UUNET? i honestly
> don't know the answer. still I can't immagine generous john sidgemore
> interconnecting them for free.
>
> what the paragraph that I cited again above says is that they pay for
> multiple peering interconnections..... or at least they sure paid last
> january. does anyone think free peering is getting easier to get? ergo
> its a safe assumption that they pay now.....becuase if they somehow bucked
> the trend how could they miss out on the pr value of saying so?
>
>
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>
> >gordon,
> >
> >for someone who claims to be a reporter, you are sometimes amazing. Buying
> >leased circuit bandwidth from Worldcom or bozo the clown does not mean
> >that that they are buying internet peering. You have no facts to prove
> >anything you say, yet you content that people who do have facts are
> >misrepresenting the truth.
> >
> >take a break,
> >jerry
>
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