[11000] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS and the CIX - have they really connected?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Thu Mar 17 21:44:14 1994
From: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 13:45:42 PST
In-Reply-To: stpeters@swan-song.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com, fair@apple.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
OK..... I just received what looks to be an authentic CIX membership list
that was up-to-date as of late January 94. The list shows THIRTY members.
23 US, one canadian, and six European or Asian.
Could it be that if a network service provider has peering arrangements
with other networks, that such a provider may join the CIX and say to the
CIX my prior arrangements with ABC net and XYZ net require me to extend to
them all routing that is extended to me? Therefore when I join the CIX, I
*MUST* extend CIX routing to them. Thus we get some idea of the hordes
who appear to have CIX routing while only 30 have paid the fee??????
I am getting the impression that when it comes to setting policy that there
is a lack of unity among the members of the CIX Board.
This is unfortunate for let me make it clear that I support what I understand to
be the mission and role of the CIX.
