[49456] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sprint peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Mon Jul 1 16:39:11 2002
From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <pr@isprime.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:38:21 -0700
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:22:25 -0400, Phil Rosenthal wrote:
>
>But if you were hungrier, and they were the only place that had=
food,
>they *COULD* charge whatever they want, and you'd be willing to=
pay it,
>no?
>
>--Phil
=09Obviously any business would like to get the highest possible=
price for
anything they sell and not one dollar less. On the other hand, if=
a deal
provides any net benefit, once all costs are taken into account,=
a rational
company will take it.
=09So if company X refuses a deal that provides it a net benefit=
just because
company Y gets more out of it than company X, and as a result=
company Y goes
to company Z instead, company X has acted foolishly and=
irrationally.
=09DS
