[1961] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walter O. Haas)
Tue Feb 20 13:50:27 1996
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 11:34:56 -0700
From: "Walter O. Haas" <haas@xmission.com>
> > Creating a consortium [akin to the NAP model] of small ISP's could
> > easily resolve this problem, if all address space allocated to each
> > ISP was contiguous and could be aggregated to a larger prefix.
>
> But, this would require working with your direct competition in your
> local geographic area.
>
> Ain't gonna happen.
>
> No way, No How.
Why not? We already have competing TV stations sharing an antenna site, and
competing newspapers sharing a printing press and distribution mechanism.
I don't see why ISPs couldn't do something similar where it's in everybody's
interest.
-- Walt
