>>>> my persistent question to the enterprise operator is this: >>>> how frequently do you plan to switch your isp, or how many times >>>> did you do that in the past? >>> >>> That's actually irrelevant. Regardless of the real answer, >>> enterprises are not willing to buy into vendor lock. >> >> if the management needs to be convinced by the cost, i would suggest >> ISPs to price PI advertisement like hell ($$$), so that we can make >> the worldwide routing table smaller. >> it will help ISPs use smaller peering routers in the end. >> >> itojun > Hear, hear. We're making binary claims in a grey-scale world of > economics. > > Put the costs on the table and let the enterprises and ISPs fight out > PI/PA. > > - Ralph
The only problem I have with that is that the market tends to not be very foresighted - it will happily lead itself into a corner from which escape is quite difficult. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
