Re: Level 3's side of the story

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Oct 8, 2005, at 11:42 AM, John Curran wrote:

> Cold potato routing alone is insufficient in many cases, and some  
> form of
> settlement becomes necessary.
>
> http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9808/msg00517.html

This does not in any way explain why cold-potato routing is  
insufficient.

But I seriously doubt a consensus will be found in this forum, or  
between John & me. :)

Let's just say that there _are_ technical means to make "traffic  
imbalances" either (close to) fair, or reverse the financial burden.   
And almost every hoster I know (and certainly some of the ones  
involved in the original BBN / Exodus / Above.Net / etc. fracas) were  
perfectly willing to take on more of the cost so the eyeball network  
actually has a financial incentive to peer.

--
TTFN,
patrick