[7283] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peering charges?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Mon Jan 27 14:42:28 1997
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:31:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970127091548.8938A-100000@ws6.power.net>
On Mon, 27 Jan 1997, Dirk Harms-Merbitz wrote:
> An simplified example. Lets say I have a direct T1 between A and B. A
> starts to transfer 4 GBytes from B to A and uses 100% of the bandwidth.
> Then B starts another transfer of 4GBytes from A to B. Both now use 50% of
> the bandwidth and each transfer takes twice as long.
T1's are bidirectional. Only the ACK's slow down the transfer a tiny bit.
> That pricing model is the problem. You are asked to pay for the potential
> of transporting data, not for transporting data. Circuit switching's
> heritage. Packet networks need a different pricing model.
I think the success of the global Internet shows that packet networks
don't need a different pricing model. The pricing model is part of the
reason for their success.
Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
