Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )

Wed Oct 30 18:22:03 UTC 1996

Exactly.
Let's I'll be ISP having peering to the Sprint.
And playboy.com will be connected to Sprint.

My customer requested the image from WWW.PLAYBOY.COM.

WWW.PLAYBOY.COM send this via Sprint -> Relcom.

My customer is person who initiated this request. He have paid me.
Sprint is network have sent this for me.

Q. Who have to pay? Those who _sent_ bits? It's in opposition to
INTERNET. Those who initiated request?

If we'll choose second case (I'll pay for bits received from the Sprint)
anybody in Sprint may send me any amount of bits withouth my request -
and I can't pay for it.

There is great difference with PTT telephone network, or ATM - this cases
I'll initiate connection to www.playboy.com and that's why I'll pay for
it. But IP is connectionless network.

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