On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 07:51:43AM -0000, Joseph T. Klein wrote: > > It also seems to me that tier 1s that try to get revenue from hosting > and data centers ends up shooting themselves in the foot when they > refuse to peer with broadband providers. They get paid by people who > want good connectivity. Big web customer wants the guy at the end of the > broadband connection to have a good experience. Tier 1, by depeering or > not peering is keeping paying clients from have an optimized network > environment. The smart customers start checking out alternatives where > they are not blocked from optimum network performance by the policies of > a peer unfriendly tier 1 hosting company. > > Vijay is correct that the peering is based on both parties perceived > value. IMHO - Some of the tier 1 highly over value themselves (in terms > of network importance) to the detriment of those tier 1s' customers and > cashflow.
What about the other way around, eyeball providers who depeer content providers so they can try to sell content hosting. I think this is something Vijay may be more familiar with. :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
