[19024] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBN/GTEI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bowman)
Tue Aug 25 11:29:39 1998
From: Robert Bowman <rob@elite.exodus.net>
To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 17:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.980821165107.701D-100000@sidhe.memra.com> from "Michael Dillon" at Aug 21, 98 04:59:51 pm
why is assymetry the issue?? I'm very confused. It's the imbalance
of costs.. right???
>
> 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...
>
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