[49358] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sprint peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Sat Jun 29 15:50:01 2002
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 29 Jun 2002 12:47:39 -0700
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0206291030410.31690-100000@staff.opaltelecom.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > ... A broadband provider who takes a "hell no, I won't buy" attitude
> > with a large tier 1 can drive Gigabits of traffic away from the tier
> > 1's revenue stream by peering around that provider and directing
> > traffic down paths that avoid the tier 1.
>
> "Peering around" only works if the networks the broadband provider wants
> to reach are buying from another network that they can get peering with,
> as most tier1's have similar i'll call it 'fascist' peering regimes they
> will not be able to peer around.
Well, so, anyway, now you know why PAIX was founded.
