RE: Equality and asymmetry in network designs

--------- And the biggest question of all. The USA is still the largest net exporter of data bits in the world. How much should US providers be paying non-USA providers to accept the bits? Right now, other than some NSF-funded connectivity such as Sprint ICM, most non-USA commercial networks must pay the full cost of the inter-continental circuits. Should the Internet adopt a charging model like international voice settlements. ---------

Actually, I do not know of any non-US provider who shares trans-oceanic cost with a US provider. They are all considered "customers." Given that aggregate links across the Pacific is above 1.6 Gbps, we are out of the old "Sprint ICM" days. We're talking serious money at stake. Barry