On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 01:36:08PM -0500, Jeff Wheeler said: >A read through this New York Times article on derivatives clearing, >and the exclusivity that big banks seek to maintain, would look very >much like an article on large-scale peering, to someone who is not >expert in both topics. The transit-free club and the "derivatives >dealers club" may have other similarities in the future, and it's >worth watching how further government regulation develops in this >area. It may lead to insight into how government might eventually >regulate ISPs seeking to become settlement-free.
>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12advantage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&src=busln dont think so. 'cyber' is a panicword, results in way different regulations. also, the top player's influences through backchannels on the regulation process would be vastly different in those two industries. /kc -- Ken Chase - k...@heavycomputing.ca - +1 416 897 6284 - Toronto CANADA Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W.