[RTC List] Technological aspects for local peering?

[William Van Hefner]

Kevin,

The technical requirements really wouldn't be much of an issue. The main
thing needed in order to make such a system work is the complete
cooperation of AT&T along with a number of other, smaller providers.
Without AT&T's cooperation, the entire project would be dead in the water,
regardless of how many others signed on to the idea. AT&T has no economic
incentive nor legal responsibility to participate in such a project
though, so it is highly unlikely that they would ever agree to such a
request.

-- 
William Van Hefner - President
Vantek Communications, Inc.
e-mail: vantek at humboldtonline.com


On Mon, December 29, 2008 5:35 pm, Kevin Nelson wrote:
> Does anybody have any ideas about the technological and the economic
> aspects behind setting up local peering? Location requirements, equipment
> needed, connections needed, management needed...?
>
> What I am wondering is if the idea is as formidable as it initially
> seems. Because of the vastness of the Internet, I wonder if there is not a
> simple drop-in solution possibly available, if the right direction was
> noticed. (Corporate firewalls were once very big, expensive items. Then a
> few developments occurred and I lost a job installing them because they
> became so simple.)
>
> I think a discussion of this would be useful, now that we have "let the
> genie out of the box" concerning the idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin Nelson
>
>
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