On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 09:22 +1200, Matthew Poole wrote:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Philip D'Ath wrote:

> Telecom has recently been reported in the media as saying it is
> seriously looking at and now supports the concept of local internet
> interconnection. Rumours abound of a June/July timetable. Of course for
> their customers, and TelstraClear's, one would expect they never stopped
> local interconnection, but this move would re-integrate Telecom with the
> rest of the internet at a local level.
>
Ah, yes, but will it be neutral peering?

As in the same policy for everyone?

Or will their marketroids lead 
the charge yet again with the concept of charge-by-the-byte peering

I have some grey hair so memory might fail me but I don't recall either telco ever charging by the byte for a peering session.

Consumer land sure, but that's a completely different matter.

jamie