North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )
> On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Pritish Shah wrote: > > > So here is my question -- why is this kind of arrangement not being used > > anywhere??? > > Because direction of traffic flow is meaningless as an indicator of > direction of value flow, if you will. > > I send 5MB across Sprint's network. Am I responsible for paying for that > traffic, or is Sprint? Think carefully before you answer, or better yet, > check what the NANOG archives have to say on the topic. > > Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering You can make an argument either way. "I'm only sending you that 5mb/sec of data because your educational, ISP, and business customers are asking me for it with Netscape [or whatever]." "I'm only receiving that 5mb/sec of data because your corporate and ISP customers have web servers - and they pay you to make their data available to the world." Avi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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