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Re: ISPACs

Stephen Stuart <stuart@pa.dec.com> Thu, 05 December 1996 08:56 UTC

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To: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>
Cc: cidrd@iepg.org, stuart@pa.dec.com
Subject: Re: ISPACs
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 04 Dec 96 21:48:14 -0500. <3.0b36.32.19961204214814.0134def8@justin.erols.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 23:57:44 -0800
From: Stephen Stuart <stuart@pa.dec.com>
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Based on Justin's comment below:

> At 05:10 PM 12/4/96 -0800, Tony Li wrote:
> >
> >   I can't see how ISPACs are anything but a NOOP.  If members of the
> >   ISPAC connect to different providers then aggregation can't be
> >   performed. 
> >
> >?  Why not?  Yes, they have to provide transit to each other for the full
> >ISPAC prefix....
> 
> [...]  I am suddenly dependant on someone who
> I am /not/ paying, who is likely a direct competitor of mine, and who can
> likely provide me no garuntee as to the technical ability of their staff.  

ISPACs are, then, a form of fate-sharing? In terms of promoting
inter-provider cooperation, ISPACs might be just the ticket (no pun
intended), by demanding cooperation within small groups whose fates
are entwined. Or would that be unworkable in the face of the lawyering
required to implement it?

Stephen
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Stephen Stuart				stuart@pa.dec.com
Network Systems Laboratory
Digital Equipment Corporation

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