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Re: Peering versus Transit


From: Vadim Antonov <avg () quake net>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:05:26 -0700

Bill Woodcock <woody () zocalo net> wrote:

  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?

I'm sorry if you are unable to comprehend the difference between
going to somebody's place when you were given a key and going to
the same place without consent of its owner.

And it doesn't matter at all if you want to throw out their old TV
and replace it with one offering higher reliability, lower cost and
a sounder architecture.

--vadim
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