[1771] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS Connectivity Agreement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jrugo@nic.near.net)
Thu Dec 19 08:29:58 1991
To: weis@ans.net
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, members@farnet.org, co+re@ans.net,
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 91 08:26:33 -0500
From: jrugo@nic.near.net
Al,
There is no need to apologize. I'd rather that you help me out of my confused
state. I'm not sure that I'm debating the intent of the agreement either,
rather, I am interested in its content. Agreements do have clauses that cover
more than the exchange of pecunia, those concerning the exchange of rights are
often the more important clauses.
> I apologize if we haven't yet made the purpose of the Connectivity
> Agreement clear. Our connectivity agreement is a result of a request
> by the NSF, and in describing the reason for the request, Steve Wolff
> stated, "Some of the traffic carried by ANS originates from network
> numbers whose owners have declared all their traffic to be
> 'commercial'. Since the regional network had no part in causing the
> offending traffic to land on its doorstep, NSF felt that the regional
> network should not be obliged to spend its own resources to keep it
> out. Since ANS carried the traffic to the gateway, NSF felt it was
> ANS' responsibility to keep it from leaking into places it was not
> wanted. Accordingly, NSF asked ANS to block traffic appropriately,
> and asked Merit to cooperate in the necessary routing arrangements."
Here is my question from last week, to which I have not heard a definitive
answer. I think the list has some inquiring minds that want to know its answer
from you.
>> OK, so NEARnet would agree to accept commercial traffic from ANS, does ANS
>> agree to accept commercial traffic from NEARnet under the same terms and
>> conditions? As I read it, a regional agrees to use its infrastructure as a
>> distribution mechanism for ANS and gets nothing in return.
Thanks in advance for your clarification.
Sincerely,
John M. Rugo
NEARnet Business Manager
Bolt Beranek and Newman
