Peering vs SFI (was Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering)

Wed Oct 5 23:38:23 UTC 2005

Sean Butler wrote:

>>> "There can only be *one* !"  - WorldCom chant,  Circa 1995.
>>>
>>>WorldCom didn't know what IP SFI was in 95. Perhaps you 
>>>      
>>>
>>mean UUNET/MFS?
>>
>>
>>  Or, perhaps I mean Alternet, eh  ?
>>
>>  - A Rose by any other name....
>>
>>Or if you change "1995" above to "1997," which was when UUNET 1st announced
>>the end of "free of charge" interconnections, then WorldCom would be
>>correct, as they had just recently purchased UUNET.
>>
>>At least that's the date I have in the following paper I wrote a while back:
>>
>>http://www.2sparrows.org/Sean/rit/final%20thesis.pdf
>>
>>It's fairly outdated now but may be a good read for those that haven't been
>>around that long and seem to be a bit confused on peering vs. transit and
>>other such things.  At least the 1st 1/2 of it before it ventures off into
>>telco realms.
>>
>>/Sean
>>    
>>

   I stand corrected, that was the moment. 

"They say the memory is the first to go,
      and I can't remember what is second...."

  :-)