Hello, I just had a discussion with our legal advisor whether it is necessary or not to sign a peering contract with every (little) peering partner. I know that a lot of the big ones require these contracts and I don't have a problem with that, my opinion just is that a contract with a peer who announces one /19 is not really necessary. Another question is if there has ever been any lawsuit about peering... Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Tremmel VIA NET.WORKS Deutschland GmbH, Bismarckstrasse 120, D-47057 Duisburg Geschaeftsfuehrer: Professor Michael Rotert, Amtsgericht Duisburg, HRB 7672 Fax: +49 203-3093 112, Mobil: +49 172-2586959, E-Mail: w.tremmel@vianetworks.de http://www.vianetworks.de Alle Angebote sind unverbindlich Auftraege erledigen wir zu unseren allgemeinen Geschaeftsbedingungen