In article <cistron.!~[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Phil Rosenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Apples and oranges. Wcom isn't talking about dropping AT&T as a peer, >they just don't want to peer with "Joe Six Pack ISP". Wcom would likely >not peer with most ISPs, and I wouldn't expect them to. They gain >absolutely nothing from it, and the small ISPs gain plenty. Wcom's >costs only increase since they need "more ports".
Wcom could peer with "Joe Six Pack ISP" at an exchange if - connection cost is very low (shared ethernet) - they don't peer with Joe's upstream at the same location - they only announce regional routes to Joe - they use hot potato routing everywhere in that case, the peering would just be local/regional, probably all that Joe is after anyway Mike.
