PAIX (was Re: Interconnects)

Patrick W. Gilmore patrick at ianai.net
Thu May 23 15:41:13 UTC 2002


At 11:28 PM 5/22/2002 -0400, Daniel Golding wrote:

 >Your false assumption is that any of these folks would sign a MLPA at a
 >new or existing peering point, where such an agreement did not already
 >exist. The major reason most of these guys are on the AADS MLPA is that
 >they don't want to Unsign it. In other words, it's a done deal, a fact
 >on the ground, not something they care to revise - something historic,
 >not current.

Not to mention many of the signatories will not set up peering with you 
even if you sign the MPLA unless you "qualify" for peering bilaterally.

IOW: They break the MPLA "contract".

-- 
TTFN,
patrick




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