[86359] in North American Network Operators' Group
The Folly of Peering Ratios
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William B. Norton)
Wed Nov 2 14:04:13 2005
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:03:26 -0800
From: "William B. Norton" <bill.norton@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bill.norton@gmail.com
To: nanog@merit.edu
Cc: bill.norton@gmail.com
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