[23761] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering Policies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Thu Apr 22 17:51:01 1999
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:48:25 -0400
To: Tim Wolfe <tim@clipper.net>
From: Paul Ferguson <ferguson@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9904221330000.22068-100000@mailhost.clipper.
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At 01:40 PM 4/22/99 -0700, Tim Wolfe wrote:
> How does this figure into the future political and
>technical growth of the net? Wouldn't this type of apathy tend to push
>toward government involvement in this industry?
Are you insane? I ask that semi-jokingly, but on the serious side,
"government" involvement in a capitalist environment has traditionally
stifled technical growth, and subsequently revenue.
I can only suggest that true capitalism can solve this problem in the
long run. If one provider can't live up to their SLA, change providers.
$.02,
- paul
ps. Standard disclaimers apply.
