On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Craig Whitmore wrote:
I'm pretty sure its only the TCNZ->ISP's which the peering will be disconnected, but the TCNZ -> other National Carriers will still be there..
So instead of going for example with a Telecom Customer.
ISP->Clear (Across APE)->Clear->Clear Customer It will go
ISP->Telecom National->Clear (their Peering with Telecom) ->Clear Customer.
All this will mean is people will have to buy more domestic Bandwidth via their national carrier. What I've seen is people 100% rely on their APE/WIX peering for the Bandwdith so if it goes down then they don't have enough bandwidth via their National Links via their Carrier (This is what happened to Trademe)
From Australia experience the next stage will be for the Teleco's to stop offering National only links. Instead they will *only* offer a N Mb/s pipe that is a combination of National and International.
Say you are a little ISP with a $3000/month 10Mb/s link to APE and paying Sprint $3000/month[1] for a 1Mb/s International link. Telstra now say you must buy a link straight to them for National traffic. What is more they will charge you $2000/month for it but very nicely advertise your networks Internationally and also to Telecom. So Telstra are using their cheap National prices to subsidize their International costs. In the case of this ISP they will probably be under a lot of pressure to get rid of their sprint bandwidth and go for just a Telstra circuit (since just the cost of a link is a high percentage of their costs since they are so small). Sprint will then turn around and try and drop the cost of their links by peering[2] with Telstra for national traffic so they can offer a circuit for comparable costs. Net result is costs increase and the money tends to flow toward larger providers (especially those with hosting + international bandwidth + end customers ). [1] Random number, if you are really paying this much then shop around. [2] Or at least buying cheaply from. -- Simon J. Lyall. | Very Busy | Mail: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar | eMT.