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A similar tactic was also used by PSI about 9 months ago. The evalutaion of the success of their maneuver is left as an exercise for the reader and the bankruptcy court judges. Owen > > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:37:10AM -0700, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > > [email protected] (Albert Meyer) writes: > > > > > Didn't UUNet try this back in 96? A quick search of Boardwatch failed to > > > find the article, but ISTR that John Sidgemore eventually slunk back to the > > > playground and agreed to play nice. If UUNet couldn't pull it off back > > > then, I doubt that CW can now. ... > > > > I am completely fascinated by your assessment (that UUNet didn't pull it off). > > It is rare, but I agree with Paul here :) > > Unet is, for example, one of the few (if not the only) ISP in The > Netherlands that charges for *peering* (no, not transit, just peering). > > More and more clued people I know are avoiding UUnet because they > don't peer with the small but quickly growing ISPs. Most UUnet > customers are getting worse and worse connectivity as other ISPs stop > peering with UUnet, because UUnet is becoming less and less important. > A nice downward spiral. > > Greetz, Peter. > >
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