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why is assymetry the issue?? I'm very confused. It's the imbalance of costs.. right??? > > On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Robert Bowman wrote: > > > Isn't being a pioneer doing best-exit to eliminate the cost imbalances? > > I thought that was the whole idea behind what BBN/Exodus were doing. > > I don't know your network and BBN's well enough to do anything but guess > here, but wouldn't there still be asymmetry in the number of bits of > traffic exchanged, even with best exit? > > I'm not sure if the things I am discussing are directly applicable to your > situation with BBN but if you think some of this stuff could work and are > willing to try it, why not ask BBN if they would consider some sort of > interim agreement while you work out the details. I guess I'm the kind of > guy who always looks for a creative, off-the-wall, "think different" kind > of solution to a problem in negotiations. The worst the other folks can > say is no. But sometimes they say hmmm... > > -- > 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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