[28196] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering Table Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Meuse)
Wed Apr 19 19:20:45 2000
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:17:47 -0400
To: Mark Kent <mark@noc.mainstreet.net>
From: Steve Meuse <smeuse@genuity.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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At 03:24 PM 04/19/2000 -0700, Mark Kent wrote:
> >> Errr, isn't 'settlement based peering' synonomous with 'usage-based
> >> transit' ?
>
>transit implies that the "peer" will show your routes outside their
>network, hence allowing traffic from some other network to "transit"
>their network on the way to your network. Whereas 'settlement based peering'
>is just charging for access to your/their network only.
I believe both of these statements to be false.
1. Many/most providers have the ability to prevent prefixes from being
announced to other peers, setting a BGP community, etc.
2. Settlement based peering has more to do with traffic ratios than
anything else.
-Steve
