[48166] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: PAIX (was Re: Interconnects)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu May 23 11:42:04 2002
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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:41:13 -0400
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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At 11:28 PM 5/22/2002 -0400, Daniel Golding wrote:
>Your false assumption is that any of these folks would sign a MLPA at a
>new or existing peering point, where such an agreement did not already
>exist. The major reason most of these guys are on the AADS MLPA is that
>they don't want to Unsign it. In other words, it's a done deal, a fact
>on the ground, not something they care to revise - something historic,
>not current.
Not to mention many of the signatories will not set up peering with you
even if you sign the MPLA unless you "qualify" for peering bilaterally.
IOW: They break the MPLA "contract".
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TTFN,
patrick
