At 9:40 AM -0500 11/1/05, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >I think everyone agrees that unbalanced ratios can create a situation where >one side pays more than the other. However, assuming something can be used to >keep the costs equal (e.g. cold-potato?),
Cold-potato only addresses the long-haul; there's still cost on the receiving network even if its handed off at the closest interconnect to the final destination(s). > I do not see how one network can tell another: "You can't send me what my > customers are requesting of you." Depeering seems to say exactly that, no? >If your business model is to provide flat-rate access, it is not _my_ >responsibility to ensure your customers do not use more access than your >flat-rate can compensate you to deliver. Agreed... I'm not defending the business model, only pointing out that some folks may find it easier to bill their "peers" than customers. /John
