>>> this is the ability of a single host operator to make >>> their own local policy decisions. >> which leads to the heat death of the net > or allows the net to prosper, since policy is distributed rather > than centralised.
consider verifying, or making any assertions about, or having any confidence in, the correctness of a universe of distributed and opaque policy. i once worked for an m&a isp which acquired some sixty+ small isps. my comment on the non-global thinkers in the acquisitions was "think locally, act globally." randy
