[5704] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex.Bligh)
Fri Oct 25 13:54:42 1996
To: Jeremy Porter <jerry@fc.net>
cc: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>, "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@bifrost.seastrom.com>,
azeem@dial.pipex.com, avg@quake.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:49:36 CDT."
<199610251649.LAA24804@freeside.fc.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:21:03 +0100
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net>
> A large reason the cost of international leased lines are so
> high is due to protectionist tarrifs in international telecom.
> I understand it is cheaper to buy a leased line from the
> us to Europe than the other way around. (This at least has
> been discussed on nanog before).
The point isn't which end it's bought, it's who pays.
Only a few international lines are paid for by US ISPs,
the main exception being the NSF subsidized 1/2 circuits
on ICM/icp.net, and, no doubt, those rolling out European
transit networks (UU net/PSI)
Alex Bligh
Xara Networks
