RE: Sprint peering policy

["Deepak Jain" <deepak () ai net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
Richard Irving
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:15 PM
To: Daniel Golding
Cc: Paul Vixie; nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: Sprint peering policy



Daniel Golding wrote:
> A vague sense of unfairness or unhappyness is the worst of reasons to
> regulate an industry.
>
> - Daniel Golding

  How about an industry being the origin of the 3 largest recorded
fraud/bankruptcies in American History ?

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Why would bankruptcies be a good reason to introduce regulation into peering
or the Internet business? These bankruptcies have not disrupted Internet
service  particularly... Further, by forcing companies already in financial
jeopardy to start peering, I don't think you will be increasing stability at
all.

If these companies go away, their customers will need to be acquired or
transitioned to more stable players. Either way, the idea of peering with
them is moot.

I shudder to think what working with France Telecom will be like if it gets
renationalized.

Deepak Jain
AiNET