On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Charles Sprickman wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Sean M. Doran wrote:
Uhm, OK, so what's the difference between that and a customer connection across which BGP is spoken?
There are two differences: Purchased PX Customer Connection == =================== $: $0 >$0 Routes: Just the All other providers'
The question above is rather interesting, and what I'd like to know is what are the various types of "peering" that various ISPs have arranged between each other?
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