Peering contract, needed or optional?

Tue Feb 20 20:56:43 UTC 2001

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 11:24:57AM +0100, Wolfgang Tremmel wrote:
> I just had a discussion with our legal advisor whether it is necessary or
> not to sign a peering contract with every (little) peering partner.
> 
> I know that a lot of the big ones require these contracts and I don't have
> a problem with that, my opinion just is that a contract with a peer who
> announces one /19 is not really necessary.

	Today's Opnix is tomorrow's UUNet, and it's easier to get the
contract when they are small to use as a hammer when they are big.

	Ok, I just tried three times, I can't say that sentence without
laughing, but it makes my point. :-)

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