UUNET Press Release on Peering

Tue May 13 10:57:13 UTC 1997

In view of the difference, I would suggest that the web farms have a
case that UUnet should pay _them_ for the priveledge of accessing their
content!  Anytime UUnet asks for a fee for peering, just tell them that
you really consider them unequal, and that they should pay YOU!

> From: Mark Turner <markt at nsipo.arc.nasa.gov>
> For NASA this is a current snapshot of NAP traffic
> exchange:
>
> mae-w:
>
> 5 minute input rate 2888000 bits/sec, 632 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 2949000 bits/sec, 718 packets/sec
>
> mae-e:
>
> 5 minute input rate 5458000 bits/sec, 2437 packets/sec
> 5 minute output rate 8041000 bits/sec, 2157 packets/sec
>
> The flows are constrained by an over-worked backbone,
> but as a general rule out > in.  As I said, web-farms
> and a small backbone will give you that :-)
>

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