[33336] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UUNET peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Tue Jan 9 04:53:48 2001
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:47:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Hmm, what are they trying to prove? They want to own the Internet no
doubt. I'd prefer to pay another like Genuity for transit to UUNET than
pay them direct and feed their appetite for power.
I imagine the policy has come from some executive meeting where they
discuss ways to further capitalize on their existing market share..
Steve
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 11:32:18AM -0500, Barrows, Jeff wrote:
> >
> >
> > UUNET has just posted their new peering policy:
> >
> > http://www.uu.net/peering/
>
> btw, here is something to compare it to:
> http://www.genuity.com/infrastructure/interconnection.htm
>
> -Basil
>
>
