OK, I'll stick my net out and ask as question. Bill says: Why this is _should_ be attractive to larger ISPs :-) is that it means they themselves should actually have to carry less traffic. If they choose to peer with us, they can dump traffic directly into each of us via PCH. If they don't peer with us, they have to use a transit carrier (Sprint to reach me, or Net99 to reach Mainstreet, in the example above) and pay a settlement to that carrier. ----- Question: I thought that at this point sprint, net99, mci, were among what i have called the club of 6 who sell transit to smaller folks to everywhere else without trying to do settlements between each other? Right? If I am wrong, would someone please explain in detail why. ******************************************************************** Gordon Cook, Editor & Publisher Subscript.: Individ-ascii $85 The COOK Report on Internet Non Profit. $150 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 Small Corp & Gov't $200 (609) 882-2572 Corporate $350 Internet: cook@cookreport.com Corporate. Site Lic $650 http://www.netaxs.com/~cook <- Subscription Info & COOK Report Index ********************************************************************