[11412] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The simple equation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Huon N. Dang)
Fri Apr 1 01:22:40 1994
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 15:31:15 +0800
From: hnd@chevron.com (Huon N. Dang)
To: com-priv@lists.psi.com, ckd@kei.com
Cc: hnd@chevron.com
Can some soul out there please remove my name off of this mailing list.
Thanks in advance.
-Huon (hnd@chevron.com)
> From com-priv-forw@lists.psi.com Thu Mar 31 15:23 PST 1994
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1994 12:55:41 -0500
> From: Christopher Davis <ckd@kei.com>
> To: com-priv@lists.psi.com
> Subject: The simple equation
> X-Attribution: ckd
>
> For the $10K/yr a network provider pays the CIX, they get contractually
> guaranteed non-AUP no-settlement routing to the direct customers of all
> other CIX members.
>
> That's it. Bing.
>
> If you don't think those contractual guarantees are worth $10K/yr, by all
> means, don't pay it. You'll probably get the packets routed anyway. Of
> course, if you're running a business, "probably" may not be good enough
> for your customers.
>
> This is a business decision that each ISP will have to make for
> themselves.
>
> It is not "extortion". It is not "protection money". If you think that
> appeals to the enlightened self-interest of other ISPs will get your
> packets routed, that's fine. Again, it probably will.
>
> I can get to Digex (since they've already been used as an example in this
> discussion) just fine. I can get to clark.net (also mentioned in this
> discussion) without a hitch. And so on.
>
> Clearly, Karl feels that the $10K/yr is money well spent to provide better
> guarantees to his customers. Clearly, "nowhere" disagrees (vehemently :-).
> --
> * Christopher Davis * <ckd@kei.com> * (was <ckd@eff.org>) * MIME * [CKD1] *
> "It's 106 ms to Chicago, we've got a full disk of GIFs, half a meg of
> hypertext, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Click it."
>
