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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BBN Peering issues
On Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 09:49:06PM +0000, Michael Shields wrote: > "Forrest W. Christian" <[email protected]> wrote: > > After all, it's the BBN customers REQUESTING the data from exodus, not the > > other way around. > > This argument goes around and around every time. Unless you have a > customer relationship with Exodus or BBN there is no point in arguing > about what should happen with this particular case, and there is no > point at all in arguing about what is the morally correct thing for > the general case. The only way to determine the value of connecting > network A to network B, in either sign or magnitude, is for A and B to > negotiate a price, which may even be zero. And that's what's > happening here, albeit in a unusually painful and visible way. > > If you have an opinion and are a customer of BBN or Exodus, tell them > your opinion. Otherwise there is no need to care. I disagree. Precedent, m'boy, precedent. There _is_ a reasonable derivation from the available facts, or at least a pattern to create one... _if_ people who have to make the judgement call don't see fit to toss it in the trash. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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