DG> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:49:12 -0500 DG> From: Daniel Golding DG> The RBOCs need to get over this - they are floundering around to try and DG> find a way to recoup network costs. This is one front. IMS is another. I It's not just RBOCs. Approximately five years back I approached a cableco about peering. They wanted to charge more for peering than what they did for transit. Justification? "It's priority access to our customers." Note that it was NOT due to transit costs. They still wanted the higher fee if one ran a private line directly to their POP. This was for a mostly-content network. So much for content/eyeball synergy. Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc@brics.com -*- jfconmaapaq@intc.net -*- sam@everquick.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter.