On Jun 20, 2013, at 8:09, Martin Barry <marty@supine.com> wrote:
On 20 June 2013 13:07, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> wrote:
On Jun 19, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net> wrote:
The sending peer (or their customer) has more control over cost.
I'll assume that, by "sending peer," you mean the content network. If so, I disagree. The content network has no control whatsoever over the location of the eyeball customer. ... I think his point was that the receiving side can massage their BGP announcements all they like but the sending network has more instantaneous control over how the traffic will flow. This is before analysis, communication, application of policies / contractual arrangements, de-peering etc.etc. kick in.
Right. By "sending peer" I meant the network transmitting a packet, unidirectional flow, or other aggregate of traffic into another network. I'm not assuming anything about whether they are offering "content" or something else - I think it would be better to talk about peering fairness at the network layer, rather than the business / service layer. Cheers, -Benson