NO one is expecting ESnet to pay for anything. nor even be involved. We are replacing an existing ethernet connector with a different ethernet connector. Ethernet's have been out of the prototype stage for a long time. The cost sharing reflects Suranet's rumblings about starting to charge "cost sharing" for connecting to the NSS. If you were really concerned about Fix-East, you would put a large amount of effort into splitting it into several physical ethernets. It is grossly overloaded and should have been "fixed" a long time ago. I'll ignore the issue of prototype routers (a.k.a. NSS and ENSS) being attached to FixEast for a long time. As for FEPG, its not clear why they would be involved at all