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Re: peering charges?
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb () xara net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:44:38 +0000
I love it. Do you really think you discovered a fount of money? Any settlement game is zero-sum by definition. When ISP A pays ISP B some sum, A has less resources to invest into infrastructure. On average, customers do not win.
Whilst the rest of your message makes perfect sense, I don't think this does. Settlment peering can easilly be +ve sum for A&B. For instance ISP C could lose out. Very few economic transactions are zero sum (except perhaps under perfect competition). Consider the limiting case where A sells B transit. Hopefully this is not zero sum or we should be looking for other jobs... Alex Bligh Xara Networks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- Re: peering charges?, (continued)
- Re: peering charges? Michael Dillon (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Matt Harrop (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Sean Donelan (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Vadim Antonov (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Dirk Harms-Merbitz (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? J. Malcolm (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Craig Nordin (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Dirk Harms-Merbitz (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Paul A Vixie (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Vadim Antonov (Jan 26)
- Re: peering charges? Dirk Harms-Merbitz (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Alex.Bligh (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? maillists (Jan 26)
- RE: peering charges? Danny Stroud (Jan 26)
- RE: peering charges? Danny Stroud (Jan 26)
- RE: peering charges? Mike Leber (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Sean Donelan (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Pushpendra Mohta (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Pushpendra Mohta (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Mike Leber (Jan 27)
- Re: peering charges? Pushpendra Mohta (Jan 27)
- RE: peering charges? Vadim Antonov (Jan 27)
- RE: peering charges? Michael Dillon (Jan 27)