its not always about money. sometimes its reputation. /bill
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 05:24:46PM -0500, Alex Ryu wrote: > Nope. > > It is because who pay the money, and somebody wants to earn the money > because they have more control. > So it is because of "money". > > Welcome to the world of capitalism. > > Alex > > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM, <rucasbr...@hushmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I wouldn't consider myself a network engineer, nor do I have any > > formal training, but why don't ISPs peer with every other ISP? It > > would only save EVERYONE money if they did this, no? Only issue I > > see is with possibly hijacked / malicious AS owners, but that's not > > very common to do without being caught. > > > > All the whole "don't peer with this guy" only makes your customers > > have worse latencies and paths to other people, making the Internet > > less healthy. > > > > Thanks, > > Rucas > > > > PS: sorry if I sent this twice; client lagged a bit. > > > > > >
