Alex Rubenstein, turning John Curran's words around, suggested:
| "The central problem is asymmetry of traffic between GTEI and the hosting | companies, Curran said. BBN/GTEI customers generally request webpages from | Exodus more than from other places."
which is an interesting point IN FAVOUR OF peering with a large web hosting network at only one location.
If one can force all outgoing to-the-webhosted-site queries through a single web cache, and the content is (or is made to be) relatively undynamic, one has a huge caching potential.
Amen; I didn't even see that. But, that could work to BBN's favor! -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Atheism is a non-prophet organization. I route, therefore I am. Alex Rubenstein, alex@nac.net, KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member Father of the Network and Head Bottle-Washer Net Access Corporation, 9 Mt. Pleasant Tpk., Denville, NJ 07834 Don't choose a spineless ISP! We have more backbone! http://www.nac.net -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --