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On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Travis Pugh wrote: > Warning: the following is oversimplified: > > I think what it comes down to, and what it has come down to at least > since the inception of hosting companies who spew large amounts of > traffic back at the access networks, is who gets paid twice for > carrying the traffic? Does UUNET get paid twice for carrying the > traffic, once by their customer that pays for dial or leased line > access and once by the hosting company that pays for peering because > their traffic ratio is off? This seems to be the status quo. The > other way around would mean that the hosting company got paid twice > for carrying the traffic. If I am a generic business, and I connect to UUNET twice, in different locations, and the ONLY traffic I send is between my two offices, should I expect a discount on transit? No. I would expect to pay it at both ends. What is the difference? -- "Do not pound nails into glass", said Tom painstakingly. Charlie Watts [email protected]
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