To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1377 ) 7/18/1999 5:40:00 PM From: Raymond Duray Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Hi Frank, When the IETF and other Internet governance bodies (in tandem with the ITU - oy!) get their collective acts together establishing global peering points in the UK, Belgium, and elsewhere (and when similar undertakings are completed in other regions of the world over the next five years) What I don't understand here is the role of the regulators in 'establishing the peering points'. The recent history in the US has been that private peering, permitted but not established by the regulators is the solution de jour. Things like ABOV's PAIX and the ATHM parallel network come immediately to mind. From what I can see, Mae-East, Mae-West and the public NAPs are taking proportionally less and less traffic as we go forward in time. (And a good thing too, without private peering the world wide wait could easily turn into the world wide standstill.) My point is that the regulators will not be in the driver's seat on establishing peering in Europe but will have a looking over the shoulder role to play at best. Comments? If they pick up ABOV, then they might also be looking to pick up MFNX Now Frank, please, don't go giving anybody any ideas here. I was just basking in the warm glow of ridding my portfolio of US Wurst induced nightmares and now you want to go and introduce yet more unfathomable complexity to the mix? All of these stocks have recently tanked on merger concerns. Isn't it time to give it a rest and get on with "laying the cable, stupid!" as Jim Carville might want to put it?
