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TFA manages to say everything except what actually happened and why it’s this particular peering negotiation they decided to whine about. (Settlement-free peeri
by mananaysiempre 2y ago
TFA manages to say everything except what actually happened and why it’s this particular peering negotiation they decided to whine about. (Settlement-free peering is cutthroat at the best of times, as best as I can understand from the outside, so it is unclear why this is even news.) So could you elaborate on the actual history here?
- stop50 2y agoThe german news article i found explains it quite good: https://www.golem.de/news/kabel-nicht-gezogen-meta-muss-telekom-fuer-peering-bezahlen-2405-185159.html https://www.golem.de/news/kabel-nicht-gezogen-meta-muss-tele... .
- nicholasbraker 2y agoWhat do you mean with "cutthroat"?
- mananaysiempre 2y agoI mean stuff like “we agreed on settlement-free peering at a time when you were sending me about as much as I you, but now you’re sending me 20% more / your traffic is small enough I figure I can pressure you / etc. so the deal’s off, you pay me now.” That’s what I’ve heard, anyway—I’m sure there are people maintaining actual tier-1 networks lurking around here.
- immibis 2y agoTier-1 networks have very clear requirements for settlement-free peering, and only do it with other tier 1 networks. This is about tier 2.