[10693] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: clarifying NAP discussions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Sat Mar 5 21:02:02 1994
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 1994 11:58:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9403040451.AA26855@brazos.is.rice.edu>
Does anybody else out there think there's something inherently wrong
with NSF acting, in essence, as a telecommunications regulatory authority?
The NAPs are going to be key interconnection points of the information
highway. The rules applied to the NAPs will be a critical influence on
how the information highway evolves -- unless everyone ignores the NAPs
and joins the CIX (any bets on whether or not the NAPs will be irrelevant?).
It strikes me that the rules applied at/to/by the NAPs should not be set
arbitrarily by an agency with a research mission rather than an
operational or regulatory mission.
So, let me pose the following questions, along with my own initial answers:
i. is there something wrong with this picture?
yes - see above
ii. if so, how should the rules for the NAP be set -- by whom and by what
process?
under FCC authority, delegated to a joint board of the IAB/IETF/ISOC, the
CIX, FARNET, a representative of the Federal networks, and an
international representative
iii. is there a need to link together the rule-setting for the NAPs, the
CIX, the FIXs, and the GIX? do we need some agreement on how these all
play together, and if so how do we make this happen?
see above
iv. what should the rules be
something pretty much like the CIX rules: anyone can interconnect, and
everyone has to accept traffic from everyone else without settlements
v. what happens if we do nothing (let things ride)
more replays of all the fun we had before ANS joined the CIX - only a lot
worse
Comments?
Miles
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