Re: peering charges?

I love it. Do you really think you discovered a fount of money? Any settlement game is zero-sum by definition. When ISP A pays ISP B some sum, A has less resources to invest into infrastructure. On average, customers do not win.

Whilst the rest of your message makes perfect sense, I don't think this does. Settlment peering can easilly be +ve sum for A&B. For instance ISP C could lose out. Very few economic transactions are zero sum (except perhaps under perfect competition). Consider the limiting case where A sells B transit. Hopefully this is not zero sum or we should be looking for other jobs... Alex Bligh Xara Networks