Original message <Pine.3.89.9610212319.A8247-0100000@portal> From: Robert Laughlin <robert@portal.dx.net> Date: Oct 21, 23:55 Subject: Re: Ungodly packet loss rates
I agree the Internet performs poorly between a lot of sites. There is much we can do to make it work better. My prediction is it is more likely to get worse than better in the near term.....:( My current "pet peeve" is that peering is more political than technical these days.
... I've been watching this seriously since early 1992, and a bit before then. If anything peering is much LESS political than it used to be. There are far more smallish providers who are willing to peer with anyone, and lots more who are willing to turn up a peering session to fix a customer complaint than there used to be. In fact, where we used to need to go exert our political know-how a bit more to get peering, we now regularly get calls from providers who want to peer with *us*, and we're small (at least this month). There are only a few entities who have "difficult" peering policies and proceedures, once you eliminate those who have only valid technical requirements and no additional red tape. The current state isn't perfect. Not even very good, for some parties. But the trend looks *great* from here. -matthew kaufman matthew@scruz.net