Peter Galbavy <peter@wonderland.org> writes:

I am using UUNETs policy as an example of why some of these do not make sense in a global scene - yes I also know this is NANOG)

You can hardly lessen the signal to noise ratio here. I think UUNET's policy is fundamentally sound technically, and I applaud it. This should surprise noone, because it's what I was trying to accomplish rather publically before my disappearance. However, UUNET seems to have gagged its technical staff who undoubtedly could do an infinitely better and clearer job of explaining their policy in this kind of forum than their recent press releases have done. On the other hand, this may be a pragmatic business decision, since frankly, this forum is completely irrelevant to their business strategy (and to almost everything else, these days), and any real concerns probably tend to deal more with misperceptions potential customers might have about UUNET's connectivity, capacity, and overall utility. Froma business perspective, those sorts of concerns probably are best addressed by P.R. folks. I note that their press releases have also made much mention of UUNET's forthcoming $300M investment in infrastructure. This is hardly coincidental. It's also about time that someone put some real money and an apparent strategy into the Global Internet. Sean.