[IP] Network feud leads to Net blackout

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: edward.vielmetti@gmail.com
Date: October 6, 2005 1:23:21 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Network feud leads to Net blackout


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Peering wars are not new, as the article notes.  What is new that  
this hasn't happened for a while, so it is a sign of how the  
infrastructure companies on the net are dealing with each other now.

Peering is the natural thing to fight about when ISPs are not the  
same size.  I learned about this from the late Ken Organski at  
Michigan - his "correlates of war" project predicted that conflict is  
more likely (but not certain) when a challenging power moves close to  
parity with the dominant state.

Edward Vielmetti
http://www.vacuumgroup.com

Network feud leads to Net blackout
By John Borland

Two major Net companies stop exchanging traffic, cutting off access  
to each other's networks for some customers.

http://news.com.com/Network+feud+leads+to+Net+blackout/ 
2100-1038_3-5889592.html?tag=sas.email

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