[1963] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
ANS Connectivity Agreement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jordan Becker)
Mon Jan 13 18:58:17 1992
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 92 18:53:55 EST
From: Jordan Becker <becker@ans.net>
To: marc@MIT.EDU
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, co+re@ans.net
> My interpretation of the above is that according to Al Hoover, a site
> connected to Nearnet cannot send bits to a site connected to ANSnet,
> but the ANSnet site can send bits to a site connected to Nearnet.
> According to Jordan Becker, these two sites can exchange traffic.
Marc,
I dont think Al Hoover and I are saying different things. While it is
not clear from the context of his reply that all traffic flows are
bi-directional, he does point out that NEARNet may host CO-classified
subscribers under the gateway agreement, but not under the "same terms and
conditions" as the connectivity agreement.
My earlier reply to Gordon Cook addresses the point that midlevels
that host RE subscribers and have signed the connectivity agreement are under
no obligation other than to "exchange traffic bi-directionally with ANSNET
reachable networks that have declared themselves as commercial." The key
point I was trying to make was that the allowable traffic exchanges are always
bi-directional since uni-directional traffic flow between two subscribers is
quite silly and equivalent to no traffic exchange at all.
Under the connectivity agreement, NEARNet subscribers that are
classified as RE can exchange traffic bi-directionally with CO (or RE)
classified subscribers that are reachable via ANSNet. This includes ANS CO+RE
direct attached CO classified subscribers, or other CO subscribers hosted by
midlevel networks that participate in the ANS CO+RE gateway agreement (or
cooperative Agreement). There would be no charge to NEARNet since they have
no CO classified subscribers involved in this bi-directional traffic exchange.
If NEARNet participates in the ANS CO+RE gateway agreement then it is
assumed that they will host both CO and RE classified subscribers that will
exchange traffic bi-directionally with CO (or RE) subscribers that are
reachable via the ANSNet (either ANS direct attached or midlevel attached).
NEARNet would be charged for their CO subscribers unlike the connectivity
agreement. This is true for all networks that host CO classified subscribers,
including ANS. *ALL* of the additional revenues due to COMBIT related charges
go into the infrastructure pool and get distributed back to the service
providers that participate in the connectivity agreement to build
infrastructure.
Jordan
