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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BBN/GTEI
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Owen DeLong wrote: > Sure, but only the assymetry that results from BBN customers ASKING for more > than they OFFER. Or is it the asymmetry that results from Exodus customers OFFERING more than they ASK FOR? I don't think one of these views has any claim to precedence over the other. Just because long distance phone calling introduced the purely artificial concept that the initiator of the transaction pays for it does not mean we should analyze IP traffic in the same way. In the past we have considered the initiator of IP transactions to be irrelevant and had no-charge peering for networks that basically send a similar number of bytes to what they receive. So what do we do when that is no longer the case? -- Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Communications Inc. - E-mail: [email protected] Check the website for my Internet World articles - http://www.memra.com
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