Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider relations
alex at relcom.eu.net
alex at relcom.eu.net
Fri Oct 25 19:11:12 UTC 1996
> > 1) In case if INTERNET split into US and EUrope parts withouth interconnection,
> > no too many in USA will notice it, but INTERNET in Europe will die
> > (moreover, computer's world will die too).
>
> Don't you believe it. Over the last year we have seen a steady downward
It was a joke, but unfortunately thete is the piece of the truth in it.
> drift in the percentage of our traffic which goes to the US -- a 20%
> change over the last year, I think.
May be, but I have the other examples (there, in Russia, and in some
european ISP) - the traffic _from USA is about 200% of the traffic _to USA.
> > This explains why we (EUrope) pay for the inter-ocean links. It's reality.
> No, it's inertia more than anything else.
It the dreams only while...
> > Then it's became unlimited loop - IP in USA cost less because EUrope pay for it;
> > that's why interesting services tends to locate in USA, that's why Europe
> > have to pay for the links, that's why new servers are allocated in USA
> > where the cost of Internet is less, and so on... -:)
>
> If you look at the commercial realities, most UK companies putting up
> Web sites are looking for customers in the UK. We are seeing more and
> more companies who are actually looking for customers in their own
> region: Bristol companies looking for Bristol customers, not UK
> customers, certainly not American customers. This is the way that we
> see the Net evolving: more and more traffic will be local.
Yes, there we have about 2:1 ratio of Local and International traffics,
including _news_ etc.
But - what do you search in the WWW network? Weather - local is in your
network, world - in USA. CNN - go to USA. CIO (Cisco) Online - USA.
And so on...
May be UK is some exception due to English language, I do not know.
> I think that you are talking more about Eastern Europe, which is several
> years behind.
You are right - everithing discussed there is actual for Eastern Europe
more than for you.
>
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>
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