[38524] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New peering criteria
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vijay Gill)
Wed Jun 6 16:18:50 2001
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:17:45 -0400
From: Vijay Gill <vijay@umbc.edu>
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On 6 Jun 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:
> If you think it will hurt the other provider more than you, you'll
> terminate the agreement. If you think it will hurt you more, you'll
> fight to keep it in place.
If it will hurt you more than it will hurt them, then you aren't a really
a "peer", and in that case, the disparity is resolved by the use of a
service contract whereby you pay them money in exchange for connectivity.
/vijay
