On Mon, 28 Jul 2014, Bill Bogstad wrote:
Now, I don't suggest the above scenario as one which I think is a good idea. But I did want to point out that the idea that paying for peering should be all about aggregate direction of netflows is shortsighted. That just happens to be the way that it was done in the past, not some natural law. The Internet has changed so what was once truly a many to many set of networks flows has become more of a few to many set. I think the charging model needs to change as well and not be based solely on the direction of the aggregated flows. Unfortunately, I don't know what that new charging model should be.
I've seen Level3 talking about comparing bit-miles rather than bits in each direction. This seems much more resistant to changes in traffic patterns.
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