I should certainly agree. But, having been through this before, I know I have to deal with silly policies which don't apply to all situations. My traffic is entirely NE regional right now.
i very much doubt this. your traffic is world-wide. the people who pay you just happen to be only in the US NE. and this mis-conception is the basis of your problem.
I think I'm being a hell of a sport by delivering it down to say MAE East and AADS or something like that. When I have that established, and someone then comes back and tells me that they won't peer just because I don't have a West coast presence, I think that's rediculous.
the counter-argument would go something like this so, you think it is fine for me to pay to carry your traffic across the country. then parallel logic says that we all should also think it fine if you pay to carry our traffic across the country. please install a cross- country link and peer on both coasts. this is called hot potato, and is the general practice. check the meaning of 'peer' in the dictionary. i suspect that the airlines do not consider you 'a heck of a sport' because you drove to the airport, and are 'ridiculous' enough to want to charge you for a plane ticket to san francisco. randy