[1409] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Volume-sensitive charging
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Fri Sep 27 17:04:55 1991
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 91 17:03:27 -0400
To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com (Joe Abernathy)
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
The best example is the Johnson Space Center, which has used this
model for several years, but which is now in the middle of a changeover
to per-call detail. They had several inward dialing lines that over
the course of several years became the de facto long distance service
of Houston's computer underground. Even over the course of years, it
never got noticed, because the only monitoring done was to see when
a pipe was getting full -- and at that point, they'd just order
another pipe.
So, how can one design a system to gain the benefits (savings) of
doing it the FTS way, without the pain?
ftp is connected to the Nearnet REGIONAL a 56K pipe. ftp pays REGIONAL N
dollars for this pipe, and it effectively throttles the amount of usage FTP
can put it to. if ftp starts to use more, ftp can by a bigger pipe. it is up
to ftp to determine who is using its pipe.
REGIONAL connects to INTERCONNECT at T3 speed, and pays Y dollars. what
REGIONAL passes is REGIONAL's business. if it needs more pipe, it shoudl buy
more pipe. if the people who pay for the pipes into REGIONAL want to
exchange cricket scores amonst themselves, what difference does it make?
INTERCONNECT connects to INTERCONNECTPRIME. they split the cost of the line,
or each pays for a line into the other's "cloud" at a different place. does
this screw INTERCONNECT? no, one assumes that the customers of BOTH wish to
communicate, and are paying them for this service.
the only time this shows up as a problem is if OTHERINTERCONNECT connects to
INTERCONNECT. then, for OTHERINTERCONNECT's customers to talk to
INTERCONNECTPRIME's customers, INTERCONNECT gets used as a transit network.
this is the reason that things like CIX's are a good idea. this avoids the
"transit net" problem.
who said the quote:" i remember when we spent time worrying that our packets
just got there, and now we worry about how they get there?"
