[5711] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@relcom.eu.net)
Fri Oct 25 14:43:40 1996
From: alex@relcom.eu.net
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 96 22:27:10 +0400
To: jdd@vbc.net, rs@bifrost.seastrom.com
Cc: avg@quake.net, azeem@dial.pipex.com, nanog@merit.edu
> Let's recast the questions:
>
> 1. How many UK ISPs would notice if seastrom.com fell off the Net?
>
> That's largely irrelevant -- I'm not asking you to peer with my home
> network and transport my traffic at no charge.
>
> 2. How many of seastrom's customers would notice if Europe fell off
> the Net?
>
> Not many.
Bad example. But the correct answer is almost the same:
1) In case if INTERNET split into US and EUrope parts withouth interconnection,
no too many in USA will notice it, but INTERNET in Europe will die
(moreover, computer's world will die too).
This explains why we (EUrope) pay for the inter-ocean links. It's reality.
And - YES, European's PTT is the worst example of the SOCIALISM.
Then it's became unlimited loop - IP in USA cost less because EUrope pay for it;
that's why interesting services tends to locate in USA, that's why Europe
have to pay for the links, that's why new servers are allocated in USA
where the cost of Internet is less, and so on... -:)
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