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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Inter-provider relations
On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Robert Bowman wrote: > Not that I agree at all with AGIS's new stance on peering and market domination > but we have to understand that the "friendly" Internet has long since past. > Every major provider now has very strict provisions for peering. These > are obviously in their best interests for whatever reasons. In practice, I have found this to not be true, unless you define "major provider" as one who *has* strict peering provisions....:) Generally I have found most providers very willing to peer at Mae-East and Mae-West, after all, that's why they spend the money to connect there. The problem is getting their attention. The folks who make the peering decisions and implement them are usually the busiest folks in the organization (not because of peering decisions, they usually have lots of other (better?) things to do.) What would help, would be a way to reduce the effort involved in setting up these peerings. At the DC Nanog, I proposed a Multilateral Universal Peering arrangement, consisting of an agreement and a few changes to the RAs, specifically in the area of macros or include statments. It would work this way: any provider who wished to (and met the criteria?), could sign the agreement and with a few changes to the RA macro, be peered thru the RAs to all the other signatories. The model today requires N*(N-1) discussions, with N approaching 100 at Mae-East, this is a waste of resources. Unfortunately the needed software changes to the RAs is not yet ready, but once it is, I plan to try and get this effort started. Best Regards, Robert Laughlin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DataXchange sales: 800-863-1550 http://www.dx.net Network Operations Center: 703-903-7412 -or- 888-903-7412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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