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Re: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?


From: Alex Ryu <r.hyunseog () ieee org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:24:46 -0500

Nope.

It is because who pay the money, and somebody wants to earn the money
because they have more control.
So it is because of "money".

Welcome to the world of capitalism.

Alex


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM,  <rucasbrown () hushmail com> wrote:
Hello,

I wouldn't consider myself a network engineer, nor do I have any
formal training, but why don't ISPs peer with every other ISP? It
would only save EVERYONE money if they did this, no? Only issue I
see is with possibly hijacked / malicious AS owners, but that's not
very common to do without being caught.

All the whole "don't peer with this guy" only makes your customers
have worse latencies and paths to other people, making the Internet
less healthy.

Thanks,
Rucas

PS: sorry if I sent this twice; client lagged a bit.





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