[7105] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Info on MAE-EAST
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Laughlin)
Fri Jan 17 09:47:46 1997
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 09:48:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Laughlin <robert@portal.dx.net>
To: Jeremy Porter <jerry@fc.net>
cc: Stan Barber <sob@academ.com>, "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net>,
Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>, Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199701170457.WAA06492@freeside.fc.net>
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Jeremy Porter wrote:
> I almost would venture a guess that the whole value in public
> interconnects is largely dead, due to the restrictive peering polices
> in place by the larger networks, and the lack of interest/clue in
> smaller providers.
My own experience is that the vast majority of networks at the MAE's
are happy to peer with DataXchange. The present system of n*(n-1)
negotiations and the lack of easy to obtain contact information makes the
process much more difficult and time consuming than it has to be. I
recently spoke with the new Director of CIX about this, and she agreed
that CIX would setup a database to make this process a bit easier, by
listing the contact information of those networks who *do* wish to
generally peer. Of course the largest networks will not participate, as
lately it seems to be a matter of pride to have the most restrictive
peering policies. But for the rest of us, it will make life a little easier.
Regarding "having a clue", I find nearly every MAE connected network
to have knowledgable and capable people, who just usually have more to do
than time to do it. I do not think the size of the network corralates
well to the "clueness" of the personal.
Best Regards,
Robert Laughlin
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