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Re: the Internet Backbone
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 4:10:55 -0500 (CDT)
worries me; this is like announcing at the UN that you can only vote if you have nuclear weapons. Some will be needless encouraged to add complexity to their networks simply to be a "Tier 1".
I like that! Are the "Tier 1" providers going to create a BGP non-proliferation pact? I was wondering why AGIS, AT&T/BBNplanet, MCI, and Sprint suddenly all needed to have their peering policies reviewed by their lawyers at the same time. I have this sinking feeling things are getting worse with people trying to one-up each other. You can't be a "Tier 1" provider unless your router config is 30,000 lines long. Well, my router config is 40,000 lines long, so I'm even better. Perhaps the adage should be "Making a network complicated is simple, but making a network simple is complicated." Some providers "requirements" seem to just add complexity for the sake of complexity. Personally I find today's front-door peerings infinitely easier to maintain than some of the backdoor monsters we used to sneak around the AUP requirements. But if nasty looking router configs is what it takes to be a Tier 1 provider, I can make mine as grody looking as the next guy's. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation
Current thread:
- Re: the Internet Backbone, (continued)
- Re: the Internet Backbone William Allen Simpson (Apr 06)
- RE: the Internet Backbone Jim Fleming (Apr 06)
- RE: the Internet Backbone Jim Fleming (Apr 06)
- RE: the Internet Backbone Clayton O'Neill (Apr 06)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Dave O'Leary (Apr 06)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Paul Ferguson (Apr 06)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Justin W. Newton (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Steve Goldstein (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Mark S. Fedor (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Craig A. Haney (Apr 08)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Sean Donelan (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Sean Doran (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Nathan Stratton (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Ehud Gavron (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Alan Hannan (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Dorian Kim (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Nathan Stratton (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Sean Donelan (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Sean Doran (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Robert Bowman (Apr 09)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Nathan Stratton (Apr 10)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Nathan Stratton (Apr 10)
- Re: the Internet Backbone Robert Bowman (Apr 09)