Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )

Pritish Shah pritish at iocenter.net
Wed Oct 30 16:15:54 UTC 1996


So far from what I have gathered, everyone is afraid of being used as a
transit point. There is a very simple solution available which I can't
figure out why people are not using. 

Both peers charge each other for the bits being peered. So now if one
peer is being used as a transit point, then they get compensated for it. 

Eg

AAA               BBB
15443621 bits ->  15443621 bits
20000000 bits <-  20000000 bits


Difference 4556379 bits additional sent from BBB to AAA

Applying lets say 1 cent per  100 bit charge, AAA gets $455.64 from BBB

Simple!!!!

Now with this kind of peering arrangement, no one has to be worried about
being used as a transit point -- infact they will want to be used as a
transit point. 

This will also allow medium sized ISPs to peer with each-other. 

So here is my question -- why is this kind of arrangement not being used
anywhere???

Pritish








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