Level 3's side of the story
Patrick W. Gilmore
patrick at ianai.net
Sat Oct 8 16:13:13 UTC 2005
On Oct 8, 2005, at 11:42 AM, John Curran wrote:
> Cold potato routing alone is insufficient in many cases, and some
> form of
> settlement becomes necessary.
>
> http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9808/msg00517.html
This does not in any way explain why cold-potato routing is
insufficient.
But I seriously doubt a consensus will be found in this forum, or
between John & me. :)
Let's just say that there _are_ technical means to make "traffic
imbalances" either (close to) fair, or reverse the financial burden.
And almost every hoster I know (and certainly some of the ones
involved in the original BBN / Exodus / Above.Net / etc. fracas) were
perfectly willing to take on more of the cost so the eyeball network
actually has a financial incentive to peer.
--
TTFN,
patrick
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