On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Chris Jenkinson wrote:
I propose that if BellSouth go ahead with this stupid idea of theirs, we block access to all people connecting from BellSouth and tell them to switch their ISP. They will learn fast enough that their idea is stupid.
BellSouth provide the customers.
They think they can charge the Content Providers.
This is a very old debate, about Peering. All the major ISPs are familiar with it. The bigger Dogs get to charge the smaller Dogs.
I live in South Africa - we (as a country) pay to peer - we are a smaller Dog. America never pays to peer. Europe used to - I am not sure they do any more.
BellSouth think they are a Big Dog.
Cheers, Andy!