Re: Comments

So long as ALL NSPs agree to peer at MAE-East then things should be OK, as no transit is needed because all the regionals are connected by their individual service provider. However there is no REQUIREMENT to peer. I am looking for NSF to make this a requirement (at least for a year or so) to ensure continued ubiquitous connectivity.

It **IS** a requirement of NSF - if you connect to any NAP, but not if you connect to MAE-East, the CIX, the GIX, the SWAB or the Dundalk Consolidated International Three Hundred Baud Interconnect (local reference). The NSF-sponsored NAPs are the only places where we have the right to shape policy. -s