[7585] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Unsubstantiated Rumor - this is not simply about RBOC ISP Tariff
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Salo)
Tue Feb 18 00:56:20 1997
From: salo@msc.edu (Tim Salo)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 23:53:59 -0600 (CST)
To: david@hooked.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> a) The "free peering" relationship is directly analogous to a "bill &
> keep" interconnection relationship between traditional telephone companies.
I suspect that "directly analogous" is neither a legal nor a regulatory
term.
> b) Under the Communications Act of 1934 As amended by the Telecommunications
> Act of 1996 ("Act"), "telecommunications carriers" are under obligation to
> interconnect "with the facilities and equipment of other telecommunications
> carriers..." (Act, Sec. 251 (a) (1)
It may be worth your while to learn what a "telecommunications carrier"
is. (I rather doubt that you are one. I also rather doubt that the
people you want to peer with are either.)
The telecomreg mail list might be a useful place for you to explore this topic.
-tjs
