On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 08:27:56PM -0700, Matthew Petach wrote:
In Asia, there is a popular, but incorrectly named product offering that many ISPs sell called "domestic transit" which they sell for price $X; for "full routes" you often pay $2X-$3X. I grind my teeth every time I hear it, since "transit" doesn't mean "to select parts of the internet" in most people's eyes. It's really a paid peering offering, but no matter how much I try to correct people, the habit of calling it "domestic transit" still persists. :(
I don't think there is a universally agreed upon definition of what transit means other than it involves someone paying someone else. Just to clarify, there are both domestic transit and country specific paid peering products out there in Asia/Pacific region. I have no idea what the sales people call each in different countries, but domestic transit is not a misnomer as the ISP selling you this will be providing reacheability to their country specific customer base AND reacheability to their country specific peers. -dorian