Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd)

["Walter O. Haas" <haas () xmission com>]

> > Creating a consortium [akin to the NAP model] of small ISP's could
> > easily resolve this problem, if all address space allocated to each
> > ISP was contiguous and could be aggregated to a larger prefix.
>
> But, this would require working with your direct competition in your 
> local geographic area.
>
> Ain't gonna happen.
>
> No way, No How.

Why not?  We already have competing TV stations sharing an antenna site, and
competing newspapers sharing a printing press and distribution mechanism.
I don't see why ISPs couldn't do something similar where it's in everybody's
interest.

-- Walt