[AusNOG] Vocus vs. Pipe - Was: Vocus peering traffic missingfrom PIPE-IX?

[Luke Iggleden]

On 8/11/12 1:42 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
>> ________________________________
>> From: Luke Iggleden <luke+ausnog at sisgroup.com.au>
>> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012 1:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Vocus vs. Pipe - Was: Vocus peering traffic missingfrom PIPE-IX?
>>
>> On 8/11/12 1:21 PM, Chris Ricks wrote:
>>> The fact that Telstra, Optus and the other two GoF members continue to
>>> operate as they do is disgusting - it's the result of a poorly conceived
>>> government-sponsored choice well over a decade ago.
>>>
>>> The opportunity to fix this is being ignored by Conroy, further
>>> displaying his complete ignorance of the marketplace.
>>>
>>> If there was ever a reason to ensure a neutral party provided IX
>>> services, Simon Hackett nailed it in his blog post
>>> http://blog.internode.on.net/2011/05/16/peering-policy-gaps-nbn/
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>
>> I was waiting until the change of government before writing a letter.
>>
>> Perhaps we should all get together and lobby the new government to change the status quo.
>>
>> Speaking from SIS, 80% of our $transit content is sent to domestic G04, why should we have to pay to deliver it to them? As long as we can meet them at suitable aggregation points content be exchanged for free domestically.
>>
>
> TANSTAAFL
>

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/terms/peering/

It does exist in the world.