On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Michael Dillon wrote:
On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Owen DeLong wrote:
Sure, but only the assymetry that results from BBN customers ASKING for more than they OFFER.
Or is it the asymmetry that results from Exodus customers OFFERING more than they ASK FOR?
Of course not. The BBN customers have to request the data. Exodus isn't forcing the traffic down their throats. I don't see how it could be much clearer.
I don't think one of these views has any claim to precedence over the other.
Given that the assymetry of traffic is caused by BBN customers requesting the traffic, sure it does.
Just because long distance phone calling introduced the purely artificial concept that the initiator of the transaction pays for it does not mean we should analyze IP traffic in the same way.
It isn't artificial. It maps to the real world: Me: "Hi, I'd like to have a pizza delivered." Pizza Place: "Ok, that'll be $19.95." What you are proposing has the pizza place paying for the pizza. Awesome if you could pull it off, I love free pizza, but totally absurd to expect or attempt to require. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Patrick Greenwell (800) 299-1288 v Systems Administrator (925) 377-1212 v NameSecure (925) 377-1414 f \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/