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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: peering charges?
From: Vadim Antonov <[email protected]> > >Since some of the larger vendors (Cisco mostly) has introduced accounting > >features into their software settlements could start any time. > > a) the accounting was there for years, so what .. But the huge glut of "I wanna be an ISP too!" guys operating a Cisco 2500 out of their garage was not. A large number of ISP's simply don't know what they're doing; witness the universal broadcasting of RFC1597 addresses. > > b) a 100-byte packet travelled from provider A to provider B. Should A pay > to B or vice versa? It's the golden rule - "He who has the gold, makes the rules". Not that the idea isn't without problems.. But seeing peering procedures formalized would make life easier, even if it cost a few bucks. Being a fairly small start up, I know that the odds of UUnet cutting me a check every month are between slim and none. You can tell this list is populated only by Real Engineers. Ten messages and counting on Saturday night. :-) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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