[28334] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering Table Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Galbavy)
Wed Apr 26 04:18:50 2000
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From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy@knowledge.com>
To: "Jeff Barrows" <jsb@UU.NET>, "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>,
"David Diaz" <davediaz@netrail.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:16:41 +0100
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> I read through this entire thread and it has shown to hit a raw nerve
> causing some comments to get away from the professionals that wrote
> them.
Apart from InterNIC/Network Solutions, peering is the number one sensitive
spot on anyone who has been around for more than a training course. I think.
> I dont consider any network I peer with "evil" although they may have
> policies and practices I wholly disagree with.
>
> 1st the thread was correct to state that each network should have a
> written policy for implementing/initiating peering with another
> network. I do not believe the gov coming in and making a blanket
> policy is in the best interest of the net, however that is a danger
> if some make initiating peering impossible to achieve. The way
> different backbones implement peering IS a differentiator.
My personal issue is that, with all the NDA's in place, competition is being
clearly affected when one or two large operators are playing the market to
their advantage. Without open and equal access to something as fundemental
as peerinf terms and conditions, the dominant operators can play the net
content supplier one way and the net content consumer the other.
Letting any government, even those that may be seen as more benign (this
must be an oxymoron), in to regulate would be a short term disaster. It may
however be necessary in the long run in a similar way to the various
national PTO problems. The situation was very different in those cases, but
the end result (to the consumer and the smaller suppliers) is likely to be
the same.
I do not consider network, as such, evil either. I do however have a problem
when "greed" meets "monopoly".
Peter
