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Re: MAE NY?


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 07:46:33 -0700 (PDT)

I guess the way people respond to this sort of thing depends on their
motivations.  Since I'm in the business of providing a service, I want to
provide the best service possible to my customers.  So, let's look at my
customer who wants to send a packet to your network.  Right now, it leaves
my network, travels over one of the super-mega-conglomo backbone
providers which I'm connected to, and then gets to your network.  Now, if
in the interest of bettering that, I throw a couple of T3s in to the NAPs
I can get to, and directly peer with your network in those places, we all
of a sudden have greatly increased performance in both directions.  Thus,
I have happier customers.  Now since on my network, inbound and outbound
traffic are almost the same, your customers should also enjoy the same
increased performance as mine.

only one problem.  i am paying more than you.  clearly this does not
disturb you.  so, tell you what, you can meet folk at both coasts or pay
your upstream to get to them, and then we're all equal.

tanstaafl.

randy


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