Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
... The problem with this scheme is that it's only aggregatable if there's some POP that lots of carriers connect to in the proper geographic areas. What is the carriers' incentive to show up -- peer? -- at such points, rather than following today's practices?
It doesn't require POPs per se, but that might be the simplest implementation. It does require some form of peering agreement for a service region which could be implemented with traditional transit arrangements. The incentive question is still open though. One incentive would be the trade-off against a routing swamp, but by itself that is probably not enough. Another incentive might be to stave off the recurring threat that the ITU/Governments could impose worse approaches. If I had an answer to the incentive question it would probably be easier to make progress. Tony