[4873] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering versus Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Mon Sep 30 18:53:18 1996
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:49:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net>
To: mdz@netrail.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Matt Zimmerman <mdz@netrail.net> writes:
> because you're using THEIR resources to do so, without
> explicit permission from them.
That's a repetition of the same position that's been stated over and
over, without justification. If A sends to B directly in the absence
of an advertised route, A is "stealing" resources from B. If B sends
to A indirectly through A's transit provider, then B is "stealing"
resources from A. What makes the former case worse in your mind than
the latter, when it results in higher reliability, lower cost, and a
sounder architecture?
Reiterating the same position over and over without any basis or logical
foundation does nothing to convince anyone that your position is of
any merit.
-Bill
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