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Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points

  • From: Michael Loftis
  • Date: Wed Feb 08 17:55:51 2006



--On February 8, 2006 2:13:32 PM -0500 "Patrick W. Gilmore" <[email protected]> wrote:

<...>
Also, just because it looks like something to an "outside observer"  does
not make it so.  Transit vs. peering is a business relationship,  and is
defined by the parties involved, not the protocol used or how  people
outside view it.

And that right there is the heart of the matter. It's a BUSINESS relationship. Not technical differentiation, and this is also probably where the arguments come from, and the confusion.