Sprint peering policy

Richard Irving rirving at onecall.net
Mon Jul 1 14:17:48 UTC 2002


Paul Vixie wrote:
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> knowing that the
> pain can be transformed from "can't exchange traffic" pain into "must
> pay money" pain tends to reinforce this perception.

  Imagine that.  :\
 
> when this situation has existed in other industries, gov't intervention
> has always resulted.  even when the scope is international.  i've not
> been able to puzzle out the reason why the world's gov'ts have not
> stepped in with some basic interconnection requirements for IP carriers.

  Because "Bernie and Crowd" convinced the World Gov'ts that everyone would
play fair without intervention.

  They promise, cross your heart, hope you die.

  "Trust me" is NY slang for FU, FWIW.

  * shrug *

  Carnegie once said... 

  :\



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