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Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd)
From: Dave Siegel <dsiegel () rtd com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 20:56:30 -0700 (MST)
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.Newspapers and TV stations are content providers, only a few ISPs are content providers. ISPs are more "packet movers" than anything else, so it comes down to who can move packets the best, not who has more appealing packets. And this boils down to technical competance. I can only see "Internet Content" providers banding together.
That and the fact that ISP owners seem to have larger ego's to protect, for some reason. You can no longer claim "I have more bandwidth than you do." It's a pity, really. It prevents local traffic exchanges from being as popular as they might, as well. Dave -- Dave Siegel Sr. Network Engineer, RTD Systems & Networking (520)623-9663 Network Consultant -- Regional/National NSPs dsiegel () rtd com User Tracking & Acctg -- "Written by an ISP, http://www.rtd.com/~dsiegel/ for an ISP."
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- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd), (continued)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Jon Zeeff (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Dorian Kim (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) elliot (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Jon Zeeff (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Paul Ferguson (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) bmanning (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Paul Ferguson (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Kai (Feb 13)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Sean Donelan (Feb 17)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Walter O. Haas (Feb 20)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Scott Mace (Feb 20)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Dave Siegel (Feb 21)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Ehud Gavron (Feb 21)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Paul A Vixie (Feb 22)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Scott Mace (Feb 21)
- Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd) Scott Mace (Feb 20)