[73191] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Current street prices for US Internet Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Mon Aug 16 15:19:27 2004
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:15:51 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4A953212-EFB7-11D8-9C72-000A9578BB58@ianai.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Patrick W Gilmore wrote:
> What do you care which routers they use? I've seen networks buy the
> most expensive routers and run a crappy network, and I've seen people
> run stable networks on the cheap.
> I just want my bits to flow quickly and reliably. I don't really care
> if you do it on Juniper, Force10, cisco, or tin-cans-and-string.
Well, with the GSR (and alike) you're paying for high MTBF, large buffers
and quick re-routing when something happens, so yes, this is a quality
issue and that's why you should care and make an informed decision.
Though I do agree with you that current internet connectivity is becoming
more of a bulk packet forwarding service with questionable SLAs, and
that's what people are willing to pay for, not the premium service.
Good enough, I think it's called.
--
Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
