[ppml] [narten at us.ibm.com: PI addressing in IPv6 advances inARIN]

Tony Hain alh-ietf at tndh.net
Wed Apr 19 16:25:59 EDT 2006


Owen DeLong wrote:
> 
> What if there is no downloader?  It's very trivial to generate lots of
> outbound
> traffic to look like "upload" without anyone on the other end caring about
> what arrives.
> 
> So... Under your model, ISP pays me to clog up his network with packets
> destined
> to non-existant sites and bills who, exactly to cover these costs?
> 
I think you missed the point. Sending to non-existent sites will only lead
the provider back to you. Instead we should all generate continuous
low-level streams to Peter, who will then graciously pay for our connections
because he is receiving so much valuable content.  ;)

Tony




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