Australia Investigates Peering Practices

Anonymous Sniper writes "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today announced that it will hold a public inquiry into whether an Internet interconnection [peering] service should be regulated. This would mean the big National ISPs would have to pay smaller ISPs for traffic originating within their networks, which means everyone's routing tables would become more efficient, and cheaper for the smaller ISPs. This would also set a significant international precedent. Horray for the ACCC and Allan Fels - the same people who made Region-Free DVD players legal here."

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Re:I didnt get this

[$$$$$exyGal]

That part doesn't make much sense... but then there is this part:

Internet interconnection allows customers connected to one Internet network to send and receive emails and access web sites which are connected to another Internet network. Generally it is the case that consumers connect to the Internet via an Internet service provider or ISP.

That is unfair, and should be outlawed.

--Saturday Night Sex