Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?

Jay Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Tue Jun 7 15:42:10 UTC 2011


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>

> So far, it seems to be working pretty well for us. I encourage others
> to follow our lead in this regard as it truly does make a more functional
> internet.

I concur, and I specifically would like to see a lot more *geographically*
local peering, so packets from Roar Runner[1] Tampa Bay to FiOS Tampa Bay don't 
have to clog up an exchang point in Reston or Dallas; this stuff *will* 
eventually bite us in another Katrina-scale event.

Cheers,
-- jra
[1]Roar Runner was a typo, but given most of what the Internet is used for
these days[2], it's so funny I'm going to leave it in.
[2]"Recreational Indignation".
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