On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Jeremy Porter wrote:
I almost would venture a guess that the whole value in public interconnects is largely dead, due to the restrictive peering polices in place by the larger networks, and the lack of interest/clue in smaller providers.
My own experience is that the vast majority of networks at the MAE's are happy to peer with DataXchange. The present system of n*(n-1) negotiations and the lack of easy to obtain contact information makes the process much more difficult and time consuming than it has to be. I recently spoke with the new Director of CIX about this, and she agreed that CIX would setup a database to make this process a bit easier, by listing the contact information of those networks who *do* wish to generally peer. Of course the largest networks will not participate, as lately it seems to be a matter of pride to have the most restrictive peering policies. But for the rest of us, it will make life a little easier. Regarding "having a clue", I find nearly every MAE connected network to have knowledgable and capable people, who just usually have more to do than time to do it. I do not think the size of the network corralates well to the "clueness" of the personal. Best Regards, Robert Laughlin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DataXchange sales: 800-863-1550 http://www.dx.net Network Operations Center: 703-903-7412 -or- 888-903-7412 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------