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Re: Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )
- From: Avi Freedman
- Date: Wed Oct 30 11:56:51 1996
> On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Pritish Shah wrote:
>
> > So here is my question -- why is this kind of arrangement not being used
> > anywhere???
>
> Because direction of traffic flow is meaningless as an indicator of
> direction of value flow, if you will.
>
> I send 5MB across Sprint's network. Am I responsible for paying for that
> traffic, or is Sprint? Think carefully before you answer, or better yet,
> check what the NANOG archives have to say on the topic.
>
> Todd Graham Lewis Linux! Core Engineering
You can make an argument either way.
"I'm only sending you that 5mb/sec of data because your educational, ISP,
and business customers are asking me for it with Netscape [or whatever]."
"I'm only receiving that 5mb/sec of data because your corporate and ISP
customers have web servers - and they pay you to make their data available
to the world."
Avi
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