Regulatory intervention (Redux: Who is a Tier 1?)

Thu Oct 6 18:51:06 UTC 2005

Niels Bakker wrote:
> 
> * wsimpson at greendragon.com (William Allen Simpson) [Thu 06 Oct 2005, 
> 19:10 CEST]:
> 
>> Following up on my own post, according to
>>   http://www.ams-ix.net/connected/
> 
> 
> Useful page, isn't it?
> 
I wish that all IXs had one.

>>  Cogent, Open
>>  Level(3), Not public
>>  We Dare B.V., Open
>>
>> So, what did your member organization do to resolve this partition.  
>> Cut off Level(3)?  Sue them?
> 
> 
> That particular member organisation has a policy of not interfering with 
> its members' peering policies.  It expects its members to send packets 
> only to people who explicitly asked for it over the shared 
> infrastructure (via announcements of prefixes via BGP), and to pay their 
> bills on time.
> 
Arguably a very good thing.  IXs shouldn't be in the "enforcement"
business.  That's for governments.

(As you will remember, I was refuting his generalization that "private"
organizations are somehow preferable to "public" organizations.  It has
always been my preference to argue with specifics in hand.)

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