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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, Michael Dillon wrote: > 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? Of course not. The BBN customers have to request the data. Exodus isn't forcing the traffic down their throats. I don't see how it could be much clearer. > I don't think one of these views has any claim to precedence over the > other. Given that the assymetry of traffic is caused by BBN customers requesting the traffic, sure it does. > 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. It isn't artificial. It maps to the real world: Me: "Hi, I'd like to have a pizza delivered." Pizza Place: "Ok, that'll be $19.95." What you are proposing has the pizza place paying for the pizza. Awesome if you could pull it off, I love free pizza, but totally absurd to expect or attempt to require. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell (800) 299-1288 v Systems Administrator (925) 377-1212 v NameSecure (925) 377-1414 f \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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