On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 17:37:10 +0100 (BST) Peter Galbavy <peter@wonderland.org> alleged:
I have been informed that the new policy is being formulated and there may be something this year.
All this means is that the big NSPs will get good connectivity to each other and the rest of the market will have good connectivity to each other and then the bleed over between the two "tiers".
Market forces will eventually win, but how many customers of the "other tier" ISPs will be pissed off during this time ?
Wow, Talk about kettle pots and black. Anyway. The above sounds like bad management to me. Spending "5M a year" for a connection that doesn't connect to anything seems a bit insane. Maybe arranging the peering before such a large investment would pay off a little more? If I was spending so much on a connection I would want to ensure that I was getting my 5M worth. Neil. -- Neil J. McRae. Alive and Kicking. E A S Y N E T G R O U P P L C neil@EASYNET.NET NetBSD/sparc: 100% SpF (Solaris protection Factor) Free the daemon in your <A HREF="http://www.NetBSD.ORG/">computer!</A>