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> > Let's look at a hypothetical situation. ISP1 peers at MAE-E and > buys transit from MCI there. Now they ask Sprint to peer with them. Let's > look at how they reach sites on the west coast. This is a violation of the rules of Mae-East: it is not to be used for customer connections. ISP1 must have a private connection to MCI. Erik > Without peering, MCI gives the packets to Sprint at MAE-East and > Sprint returns packets to MCI at some west coast nap. That is, MCI and > Sprint share the coast-to-coast traffic. > > With peering, Sprint must take the packets all the to MAE-E as it > has a shorter AS path. All the coast-to-coast cost is borne by Sprint. > > Do you get that? Now do you understand the 3 NAP rule? > > David Schwartz > > On Thu, 9 May 1996, Alan Hannan wrote: > > > So, comes my curiosity, and my puzzling thoughts about the current > > state of the net. Why is it not in my best interest to talk to > > NSPX at a meet point? Why, when it is in MY customer's best > > interest to talk to EVERYONE, would I not converse, and share > > knowledge and invitations about my customer base? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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