[88509] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Wed Feb 8 00:17:12 2006
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:16:14 -0500
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@renesys.com>
Cc: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>,
"Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0602072051450.27234@paixhost.pch.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
At 11:55 PM 2/7/2006, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> > Interconnecting in a government exchange is
> > still peering.
>
>Uh, not if it's buying transit.
>
> > They are peering, even if it isn't by our
> > definitions.
>
>Uh, Marty... the difference between peering and transit is that they have
>different definitions. If you say transit is peering, just not by our
>definitions, then you're into 1984 territory.
Bill:
I'm pretty sure you know that I know the difference between paid transit
and peering. If I were buying transit, I would've had a different
comment. I think we may have a difference though, I don't think
jumping on a big switch and saying "yes" to every peering request is
peering, and I think this is a better discussion at the peering bof
or in person.
Anyhow, I'll be happy to tell you as much as I can (NDA) in
Montreal. I don't see you listed for Dallas.
Is Howard going to find peering in, er, Egypt? It depends what his
value proposition is.
-M<
Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663
Renesys Corporation (w) 617-395-8574
Member of Technical Staff Network Operations
hannigan@renesys.com
