BBN Peering issues

Wed Aug 12 14:19:00 UTC 1998

> Well basically you need to think of it like this. If the providers that
> are getting cut were actually "peers" of BBN, then BBN would feal the
> pain, in fact they are not "peers". BBN can cut them off their network and
> will not feal a thing. BBN customers will still be able to reach the cut
> ISPs from their transit providers. If the providers were "peer" then when
> BBN tried to cut them they both would feal the pain and BBN would most
> likley turn it back up in a hour or so.

I was under the impression that, by this definition, BBN considered Exodus
to be a "peer".  Is this not the case?