[23066] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: transit across the ixs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Sun Feb 14 23:43:18 1999
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:25:58 -0800 (PST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <m10CFTR-0008G5C@rip.psg.com> from "Randy Bush" at Feb 14, 99 08:17:33 pm
>
> >>>> you might be amused to write a bit of code to see if your ix peers are
> >>>> giving you next-hops of other provider(s). it is clear that a number of
> >>>> providers are selling transit across the ixs. not at all cool.
> >>> Well, that is actually up the the IX operators and participants.
> >> and which are you?
> > Operator. And you?
>
> just a humble bottom feeding scum sucker.
>
> and i was talking about major exchanges.
>
Well, from a two-bit, backwater exchange operator to a humble
bottom feeding scum sucker, perhaps neither of us can speak for
the major exchanges or big operators. For that matter, who are
we to determine what is "cool" for big players and major exchanges.