-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Richard Irving Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:15 PM To: Daniel Golding Cc: Paul Vixie; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Sprint peering policy Daniel Golding wrote:
A vague sense of unfairness or unhappyness is the worst of reasons to regulate an industry.
- Daniel Golding
How about an industry being the origin of the 3 largest recorded fraud/bankruptcies in American History ? --- Why would bankruptcies be a good reason to introduce regulation into peering or the Internet business? These bankruptcies have not disrupted Internet service particularly... Further, by forcing companies already in financial jeopardy to start peering, I don't think you will be increasing stability at all. If these companies go away, their customers will need to be acquired or transitioned to more stable players. Either way, the idea of peering with them is moot. I shudder to think what working with France Telecom will be like if it gets renationalized. Deepak Jain AiNET