[88532] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Loftis)
Wed Feb 8 17:55:08 2006
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:54:15 -0700
From: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>,
NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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--On February 8, 2006 2:13:32 PM -0500 "Patrick W. Gilmore"
<patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
<...>
> Also, just because it looks like something to an "outside observer" does
> not make it so. Transit vs. peering is a business relationship, and is
> defined by the parties involved, not the protocol used or how people
> outside view it.
And that right there is the heart of the matter. It's a BUSINESS
relationship. Not technical differentiation, and this is also probably
where the arguments come from, and the confusion.
