Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re:

[alex () relcom eu net]

Why did not you use the example "Bird and Alligator"? They have
different sizes, but their meeting do not cause _the protein exchange_. -:)

Seems there is 2 different cases (in ISP example):

(1) big ISP and small ISP working in the same market and on the same
territory;
(2) Big ISP in USA and other ISP in ZIMBAMVE.

If Alligator meet the hear, it try to eat this _piece of protein_. If he'll meet
a small bird - we would see the example of mutual cooperation.

Why not? (may be I have to name it Crocodile? I am not shure).

Really there is 2 theard in this discussion - (1) and (2).

>   Its like two animals meeting in the jungle at night:
>
>   If you are of equal "size" you'll quite happily sit about, exchange
>   pleasantries, and even peer IP packets with zero dollar settlement.
>
>   But if either creature is bigger than the other then you can expect a
>   somewhat different outcome, normally involving a forced exchange of
>   protein.

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