Mediaspeak: Worldcom's Exclusive Peering Club Posts Rules http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2674325,00.html By Max Smetannikov, Interactive Week, January 14 2001 8:19 PM ET ...The result will likely be a wave of consolidations among smaller access providers and a codified first and second class of data carriage, industry experts said... Interview: Vinton Cerf On Private Peering http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2673857,00.html By Max Smettanikov, Interactive Week, January 15 2001 7:43 AM ET ...So I hope that when people look at this, they will understand that, especially in the case of private peering, when two parties have to build the physical capacity to link together, as opposed to public peering, when you have capacity going to a public NAP or MAE or what have you, it is even more clear evidence of cost associated with it. So it helps people understand the real framework in which Internet connectivity works... -----Original Message----- From: smd@clock.org [mailto:smd@clock.org] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:17 AM To: nanog@merit.edu; vixie@mfnx.net Subject: Re: UUNET peering policy Vixie writes: | Peering is a business relationship transcending locations. This is beautifully put, and I couldn't agree more. Each party sells the other connectivity of essentially unlimited bandwidth over time, but limited by scope. The prices for this service and associated committments to one another are agreed to be so close that actually exchanging money is unworthwhile. Sean.