[49483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sprint peering policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Mon Jul 1 23:20:32 2002
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 23:19:11 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@fugawi.net>
In-Reply-To: <E17PAft-000Iac-00@rip.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 04:33 PM 7/1/2002 -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> > There is no way for a company to price transit below their peering
> > costs and make money.
>
>this may be true, but it's the level(3) business model. and the
>rest of the industry got suckered into dropping their drawers to
>match. kinda like a bunch of old men drinking poison to see who
>dies first.
Didn't Level(3) do it based on the early model of if they build it they
will come?
Are they still doing it?
If they are, maybe it's a good sign to look at. They're still here.
Regards,
--
Martin Hannigan hannigan@fugawi.net
