Re: Lazy network operators

[Michael.Dillon () radianz com]

> Not everyone wants to (or is able to) entrust 
> their email to a a Tier 1 ISP; if nothing else, the Tier 1s would 
> charge for the privilege.

A tier 1 provider in the SMTP mesh does not have to
be the same thing as a tier 1 provider in the
physical mesh. See the structure of the NNTP mesh
over the years for examples. I fully expect to see
specialized email peering providers arise who will
have SMTP peering arrangements with the large email
site like AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. and who then arrange
peering with large numbers of smaller sites who either
cannot find SMTP peering locally or who want to
be assured of alternate SMTP routes in the event
their main peer cannot reach all destinations.

Michael Dillon