[49407] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sprint peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Mon Jul 1 12:45:29 2002
From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <vgill@vijaygill.com>, Mike Leber <mleber@he.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:44:49 -0700
In-Reply-To: <7md6uavmqk.fsf@challah.msrl.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 29 Jun 2002 02:32:03 +0000, Vijay Gill wrote:
>
>Mike Leber <mleber@he.net> writes:
>
>>Sprint's peers aren't equal to Sprint or each other when=
considered by
>>revenue, profitability, number of customers, or geographical=
coverage.
>
>A good proxy for the above is to ask the question:
>
>Do X and Y feel they derive equal value (for some value of=
equal) by
>interconnecting with each other?
>
>If they think they do, then an interconnection is set up between=
X
>and Y. However, if one party feels that they do NOT derive=
equal
>value by interconnecting with the other, than that party=
usually
>balks.
=09This doesn't make any sense at all. Why should X care how much=
value Y gets
out of the deal at all?! This is like saying that Burger King=
should charge
hungrier people more for a Whopper.
=09DS
