In view of the difference, I would suggest that the web farms have a case that UUnet should pay _them_ for the priveledge of accessing their content! Anytime UUnet asks for a fee for peering, just tell them that you really consider them unequal, and that they should pay YOU!
From: Mark Turner <markt@nsipo.arc.nasa.gov> For NASA this is a current snapshot of NAP traffic exchange:
mae-w:
5 minute input rate 2888000 bits/sec, 632 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 2949000 bits/sec, 718 packets/sec
mae-e:
5 minute input rate 5458000 bits/sec, 2437 packets/sec 5 minute output rate 8041000 bits/sec, 2157 packets/sec
The flows are constrained by an over-worked backbone, but as a general rule out > in. As I said, web-farms and a small backbone will give you that :-)
WSimpson@UMich.edu Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32 BSimpson@MorningStar.com Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2
In view of the difference, I would suggest that the web farms have a case that UUnet should pay _them_ for the priveledge of accessing their content! Anytime UUnet asks for a fee for peering, just tell them that you really consider them unequal, and that they should pay YOU!
This brings up a really interesting point. The premise stated here is that uunet's customers are accessing farm.com's servers. If farm.com's servers were unreachable because UUNET refused to allow traffic to that site (directly or indirectly) uunet would suffer. However, the reverse perspective must also be considered. farm.com is providing a service for its cusomters. if farm.com cannot be reached from uunet, farm.com loses the revenue that uunet's customer's generate. So uunet receives complaints from its customers that they can't access farm.com and farm.com receives complaints that uunet can't access farm.com. Who is responsible for the fix? Ultimately, I think farm.com would have to give in to keep customers from moving services to a "better connected" provider. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Bouchard GlobalCenter web@primenet.com Primenet Network Engineering Internet Solutions for (602) 416-6422 800-373-2499 x6422 Growing Businesses FAX: (602) 416-9422 http://www.primenet.com http://www.globalcenter.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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