[AusNOG] Domestic Peering WAS: Vocus peering traffic missingfrom PIPE-IX?

[Chris Ricks]

Perhaps that would be the case, but then the question becomes one of
inappropriate market position, does it not?

At present, regulation provides the imperative that Optus and Telstra
require to peer in the fashion that they do. With that regulation
removed, industry concern needs to be weighed against actual competitive
concerns instead of against a mandated arrangement, surely?


On 09/11/12 15:36, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
> On 08/11/2012, at 8:26 PM, Sam Silvester <sam.silvester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>>> So I think the best path out of this mess is to lobby the ACCC to
>>> repeal their GoF decision, to de-regulate peering.
>> I agree with this. Once you are regulating this, it becomes
>> 'exclusive' and thus less about the 'value' that Brad, Mark and myself
>> have mentioned and far more about looking to the Govt for direction.
>>
> And then?  Optus and Telstra will still peer with each other and you'll all still have to pony up to connect to them.  Nothing will change, not even the price.  
>
> At least Australia has a functional domestic internet - no one plays silly games with latency via other countries to force you to buy transit from them. 
>
> MMC
>
>> Looking at the various IXes around Australia, it seems that if it
>> makes sense (cost, latency, <insert your particular definition of
>> 'value' here>), network operators are by and large (yes, corporates
>> could be more involved, but still) making good choices about
>> interconnecting via either MPLA or bilateral links.
>>
>> I wonder - what would happen to AAPT's peering if the current GoF
>> decision went away?
>>
>> Sam
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