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Re: Sprint peering policy
- From: David Schwartz
- Date: Mon Jul 01 12:47:08 2002
On 29 Jun 2002 02:32:03 +0000, Vijay Gill wrote:
>
>Mike Leber <mleber@he.net> writes:
>
>>Sprint's peers aren't equal to Sprint or each other when considered by
>>revenue, profitability, number of customers, or geographical coverage.
>
>A good proxy for the above is to ask the question:
>
>Do X and Y feel they derive equal value (for some value of equal) by
>interconnecting with each other?
>
>If they think they do, then an interconnection is set up between X
>and Y. However, if one party feels that they do NOT derive equal
>value by interconnecting with the other, than that party usually
>balks.
This doesn't make any sense at all. Why should X care how much value Y gets
out of the deal at all?! This is like saying that Burger King should charge
hungrier people more for a Whopper.
DS
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