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Re: Peering versus Transit


From: Bill Woodcock <woody () zocalo net>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:49:22 -0700 (PDT)

          Matt Zimmerman <mdz () netrail net> writes:
        > because you're using THEIR resources to do so, without
        > explicit permission from them.
    
    That's a repetition of the same position that's been stated over and
    over, without justification.  If A sends to B directly in the absence
    of an advertised route, A is "stealing" resources from B.  If B sends
    to A indirectly through A's transit provider, then B is "stealing"
    resources from A.  What makes the former case worse in your mind than
    the latter, when it results in higher reliability, lower cost, and a
    sounder architecture?

    Reiterating the same position over and over without any basis or logical
    foundation does nothing to convince anyone that your position is of
    any merit.
  
                         -Bill 

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