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On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 05:39:41PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote: > > BTW, to solve these types of problems, Smaller companies need to band > > together and start peering with each other in the local metro area. > > Until the smaller companies get bought out by OneM^H^H^H^H a national > provider who has no interest in peering. > > Quite frankly, it seems that most smaller companies have no clue what the > heck peering is or why it's good. I've approached a few, and none seem to > get it. i have been involved with a couple small exchanges, and the way it worked for us was "build it and they will come". initially TorIX was only a few ISP's who happened to be in the same building. then a few other ISP's pulled in circuits and peered. then i bumped into an @home tech, and they jacked in. it took 4+ years to get the momentum going, but now we have a pretty good peering thing going on. so, if you can at least get one other ISP to peer, pick a good place, and drive a stake in the ground. others may migrate towards it. (some of the selling points are sharing usenet news feeds and/or http caches) -- [ Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]
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