8 Jan
2001
8 Jan
'01
4:25 p.m.
On Mon, 08 January 2001, Deepak Jain wrote:
This makes it very clear for those networks that want to consolidate their operations and reduce their overall transit costs. For example: a midsized access and a midsized web host could easily meet these requirements for AS701 peering; depending on your definition of a midsized host.
You'll find that meeting the peering "requirements" and actually obtaining a peering agreement are two different things. Sprint had several sets of peering requirements, nevertheless it didn't prevent them from not setting up a single new peering agreement with a variety of networks which met those requirements for over three years if you believe Sprint's product manager.