RE: UUNET settlement - A call to arms?

[David Whipple <dwhipple () microsoft com>]

MSN does not have a "peering agreement" with UUNET.  We "BGP peer" with
them simply to allow us to somewhat load balance with our other
carriers.

We do pay for transit, like any other UUNET customer.

Thanks.
David Whipple, Microsoft Internet Engineering.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew James Gering [SMTP:mgering () ricochet net]
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 1997 8:44 PM
> To:   nanog () merit edu
> Subject:      Re: UUNET settlement - A call to arms?
>
> MSN does not peer with UUNet, the pay UUNET for transit, and also
> contract
> out the dialup to UUNet -- which is a pretty penney from what I heard.
>
> BTW, what happened to Microsoft's 8% stake of UUNet when UUNet got
> acquired
> by MFS?
>
>       Matt
>
> > A big problem here is the gag clause. This means that special deals
> will
> > be cut for the big companies like IBM and MSN and others.
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