Re: Sprint v. Cogent, some clarity & facts

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* tomb () byrneit net (Tomas L. Byrnes) [Tue 04 Nov 2008, 17:51 CET]:
> The concept of "Transit Free" is a political failure, not a technical 
> one.

Yeah, networks should be free!  And Cogent, if they don't get access to 
Sprint directly, should just set a default route over some public IX 
where Sprint is also present at to reach their network!!  And then hack 
their routers to do likewise.


> The protocols are designed, and the original concept behind the Internet 
> is, to propagate all reachability via all paths. IE to use Transit if 
> peering fails.

Yeah, the original concept of the internet.  Like classful IP routing.


> Not doing so is a policy decision that breaks the redundancy in the 
> original design.

Because the original design totally had in mind established players 
locking out cheaper newcomers and explicitly specified a maximum band 
where prices for transit had to exist inside of.

Please stop it.  We've had enough.


        -- Niels.

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