On 5/14/2014 4:27 AM, Roland Dobbins wrote:

On May 14, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Matthew Petach <mpetach@netflight.com> wrote:

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I'm constantly amazed at how access networks think they can charge 2/3 the price of full transit for just their routes when they represent less than 1/10th of the overall traffic volume.

My guess is that from the perspective of the access providers, they aren't selling traffic volume or routes, per se - their view is that they're selling privileged engagement with large numbers of potentially monetizable individual prospects.

In a world ruled by by the dreaded principles of completion, that would be described as the price where buyer and seller agreed on the value of the product.

Note that I'm neither endorsing nor disputing this perspective, just mooting it as a possible explanation.|

I do endorse a free market as providing the best value to all.

Are there any real-world models out there for revenue-sharing between app/content providers and access networks which would eliminate or reduce 'paid peering' (an alternate way to think of it is as 'delimited transit', another oxymoron like 'paid peering', but with a slightly different emphasis) monetary exchanges?

Maybe it is time to try a free market. -- Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators: Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes. (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)