What interests me is this statement. "Throughout 2002, however, the Commission received complaints from ISPs who were excluded from the domestic peering agreements. Generally, the complaints concerned the fact that none of the Tier 1 service providers paid for use of the complainants' networks for data transmission yet the complainants were required to pay fees to use the Tier 1s' networks". The Commerce Commission is bound to find similar opinions locally as the ACCC did in Australia. If this turns into a poo fight, will everyone just end up charging everyone for "interconnection" just to avoid the complexities that the peering issue raises? Should this occur it is going to boost cost for the consumer (assuming that ISPs aim to retain the same profit margin - which I am sure many will)and could have negative effects on market growth, and the spread of Internet technology/connectivity in NZ. Of course nothing bad may happen at all, but today I am prophesying doom. Doom Ewan Cowie -----Original Message----- From: nznog-bounces+Ewan.Cowie=telecom.co.nz(a)list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces+Ewan.Cowie=telecom.co.nz(a)list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Juha Saarinen Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 8:50 AM Cc: NZ NOG Subject: Re: [nznog] Peering question Juha Saarinen wrote:

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/8E589BD9394A5141CC256DEB00084 747?OpenDocument

A mate spotted this one: 'Thompson points to overseas markets where interconnection and peering are well-established practices. "If you look at the US, the likes of WorldCom or UUNet peer with each other, but they charge smaller players for interconnection."' Yes, I can well imagine that WCOM and UUNET would "peer with each other". ;-) -- Juha _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you. Please note that this communication does not designate an information system for the purposes of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------