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Re: Comments
- From: Stephen Wolff
- Date: Wed Sep 07 14:33:17 1994
> Sorry, I can't let you get away with that statement! You can shape
> peering policy WITHOUT specifying the location of the interconnect.
No apology needed :-)
> The customer wants connectivity, not NAPs! Why doesn't NSF specify
> connectivity rather than means? Does NFS want to ensure IT controls
> the Internet by controling some of the major interconnect?
We did a lot of community consulting before settling on the current
architecture. It was clear the FTS2000-like solution of another NSFNET
Backbone with two or more suppliers was felt to be *too* structured, and
the solution of "give the money to the end-user and get out of the way"
was too loose for comfort. The NAP/RA/RNP solution had FIX/CIX/MAE-East
precedent and, it seemed, just enough structure.
NSF hasn't the slightest desire to "control the Internet." If the NAPs
aren't useful they won't be used. I should be delighted were the
technical community to arrive at a demonstrably better architecture that
would be affordable by, and adequately serve, the NSF community.
-s
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