Hi Dmitry,
Peering is a meeting of equals. Any time there's an asymmetry in investment
in networks, the party with a more valuable network will demand a premium
for high-performance access to their network.
When I worked at a startup ISP in 1995 (first year of commercial Internet
access), the big players would not peer with us (Internet Direct) until we
purchased our own national backbone. At that point the bar was DS3 (45
mbps) to at least Reston VA, Chicago, and San Jose. They were happy to sell
us transit until we got that big. (which didn't happen)
Nothing has changed and New Zealand is no different from anywhere else,
except for having a country with a lower population density and more
difficult/expensive network operations conditions that most.
If you want a more detailed explanation I've written a case study including
financial models (click the triangles to expand them) of why two island
carriers in the Pacific might not peer on-island. That's here:
https://beta.pacpeer.org/avaiki As it is on a beta site I'd be happy for
feedback from any reader.
Cheers,
Jon
On 30 November 2017 at 05:21, Dmitry Konchanin
Hi All,
I maybe missing on some last century/decade history, but what's the current story with Spark/Vodafone public peering in Australia but not in New Zealand? With <somebody> has stopped paid(?) peering with these guys recently, is it a today's case that rest of the country talks to Spark (government owned?)/Vodafone via 50ms Sydney path and everybody is happy with it?
I'm sure I'm missing something important here (except greed).
Regards, Dmitry
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