On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 01:36:08PM -0500, Jeff Wheeler said:
A read through this New York Times article on derivatives clearing, and the exclusivity that big banks seek to maintain, would look very much like an article on large-scale peering, to someone who is not expert in both topics. The transit-free club and the "derivatives dealers club" may have other similarities in the future, and it's worth watching how further government regulation develops in this area. It may lead to insight into how government might eventually regulate ISPs seeking to become settlement-free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12advantage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&src=busln
dont think so. 'cyber' is a panicword, results in way different regulations. also, the top player's influences through backchannels on the regulation process would be vastly different in those two industries. /kc -- Ken Chase - ken@heavycomputing.ca - +1 416 897 6284 - Toronto CANADA Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W.