[18909] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBN/GTEI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Aug 21 22:13:16 1998
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:47:58 -0700
From: owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US (Owen DeLong)
To: nanog@merit.edu, michael@memra.com
> On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Robert Bowman wrote:
>
> > Isn't being a pioneer doing best-exit to eliminate the cost imbalances?
> > I thought that was the whole idea behind what BBN/Exodus were doing.
>
> I don't know your network and BBN's well enough to do anything but guess
> here, but wouldn't there still be asymmetry in the number of bits of
> traffic exchanged, even with best exit?
>
> I'm not sure if the things I am discussing are directly applicable to your
> situation with BBN but if you think some of this stuff could work and are
> willing to try it, why not ask BBN if they would consider some sort of
> interim agreement while you work out the details. I guess I'm the kind of
> guy who always looks for a creative, off-the-wall, "think different" kind
> of solution to a problem in negotiations. The worst the other folks can
> say is no. But sometimes they say hmmm...
Sure, but only the assymetry that results from BBN customers ASKING for more
than they OFFER.
Owen
