[ppml] Provider Independence???

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist]

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On 2004-12-08, at 16.12, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:

> So the business case is clear, as it was back in the
> early 90's. Everybody needs to carry competitor's
> traffic in order to create the "network effect" which
> makes the network valuable to customers. And any
> imbalances are worked out in peering and transit agreements.
>
> In fact, I think the real leaders in this will
> not be the ISPs but the exchange points, especially
> the larger operations like Equinix. If geo addressing
> is accepted in v6, then this allows for the v6 network
> to be built as a network of exchange points. I believe
> that this will provide better resiliency and seperacy
> than v6 networks and that, in the end, will drive the
> mass migration to v6 networks.

I fail to see where anyone would make money in this model.

- - kurtis -

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