InterCage, Inc. (NOT Atrivo)

Thu Sep 11 23:10:05 UTC 2008

>> amidst all this high flyin' political theory discussion of rights, there
>> is an elephant in the room.  as conditions to merger/purchase, there
>> were legal restrictions placed on one or more significant operators
>> regarding [de-]peering (i.e. your statement above is significantly
>> incorrect).  my altzheimer's device tells me that those restrictions end
>> 2008.12.31.  expect change.
> The fact there is a temporary exception to the rule for two providers in
> the US who agreed to the exception for reasons other than peering /
> transit does not mean the rule is invalid.

so sorry to have interrupted a deep discussion of political theory on
rights and unwritten rules with operational reality :)

randy