Re: a question about the economics of peering

Daniel Golding wrote:

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Hmm. Congested public exchange points were a reality at some point in the past. They are now a recurrent myth, thanks to the demise of FDDI EPs and the rise of GigE EPs. There is little congestion, at this point. Of course, this could be because most Internet traffic is exchanged over private peering.

I think that most clued folks are largely uninterested in hop-count. Latency is much more important.

that depends on your primary application, latency is not important for streaming or downloads. ak