Re: Why does Sprint have address filters again?

John Golovich said once upon a time:

In the Detroit area alot of smaller ISPs are looking to create a peering between each other to create shorter router for wherever traffic needs to go (ie. transit routing).

This plan has been placed on hold and almost officially shelved because alot of the smaller ISPs dont see the need for an AS number.

It is like trying to get your budget increased. If the fee for AS numbers was removed this peering would probably be already completed.

Couldn't you just use internal AS numbers to talk to each other? I agree, its not the best solution, but it would at least get you on the road.