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At 04:03 PM 3/2/97 -0600, Scott Huddle wrote: > >I'll assert that if the costs of accepting a route announcement are >non-zero that this can only happen if there is a market for >announcements and a system of settlements between providers. > >If the costs are zero, then why have the filters? > I'd suggest that costs are non-zero, and they cannot be quantified by dollars, at least today. Since the majority of instability in the global Internet is originated by prefixes longer than /19's, the amount of resources consumed is an exercise left for the reader. - paul - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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