[2873] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worldly Thoughts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Fri May 10 00:10:55 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: alan@gi.net (Alan Hannan)
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199605100309.WAA25431@westie.gi.net> from "Alan Hannan" at May 9, 96 10:09:17 pm
>
> Just because someone has 30% of the internet, they still have an
> interest in connecting their 30% of the net to .1% of the net, no?
>
Because they can already hit that .1% of the 'net already without
peering with that smaller provider through that smaller provider's
transit provider and peering:
1) Enables them to screw you up a little more than they otherwise could
routing-wise
2) Provides them with free 'transit' across your backbone (even if it's
to/from your customers) if the peer isn't multiple-exchange-point
connected to some of the exchanges you are.
3) Has those political 'what is a peer' problems also.
>
> -alan
>
Avi
