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Re: Exchanges that matter...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Fri Nov 29 15:27:56 1996

Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:21:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199611291902.LAA06826@wisdom.home.vix.com>

On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Paul A Vixie wrote:

> We're seeing bifurcation into little guys and big guys.  It remains to be seen
> which end of the strata will have the larger total number of endpoints.  If
> it's the big guys, they will squeeze the little guys no matter how many of
> the little guys band together.  If the little guys own more endpoints then
> some kind of collective bargaining will be possible.  My hope rests on this
> possibility but please don't bet your money on it.

Could you expand on this a bit please? For instance, how do you define
"endpoint"?

Michael Dillon                   -               ISP & Internet Consulting
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