Re: The IPv6 Travesty that is Cogent's refusal to peer Hurricane Electric - and how to solve it

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

Sadly, the law firms with big routers seem to prefer a regulatory environment that they
can manipulate, so it’s a tough situation to achieve a good outcome.

They are the ones that are blocking the industry from arriving at a good outcome without
regulation and they will likely be the ones driving regulation in ridiculous directions
away from good outcomes once we start to see regulation.

The way lawyers redefine terms and obfuscate to make regulations say what they want instead
of what any normal person would think they actually say is truly impressive.

Owen

> On Jan 28, 2016, at 18:01 , Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
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> Nothing says a better Internet than one the government pokes their nose around in. 
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> Mike Hammett 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "William Herrin" <bill () herrin us> 
> To: "Randy Bush" <randy () psg com> 
> Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 5:25:47 PM 
> Subject: Re: The IPv6 Travesty that is Cogent's refusal to peer Hurricane Electric - and how to solve it 
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote: 
> > folk can rant on nanog all they want if it 
> > makes them feel good or self-righteous. 
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> Hi Randy, 
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> It DOES make me feel good. And a little self-righteous. 
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> > won't change a damned thing. 
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> Some FCC employees read this forum. My impression is that they're not 
> terribly far from concluding that closed peering policies are 
> anti-competitive. When I have such impressions I'm usually off by 
> years. Still, it would be nice if just once an industry cleaned itself 
> up -before- regulators forced the issue. 
>
> Regards, 
> Bill Herrin 
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> William Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 
> Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>