Subject: Peering
Curt Priest (cpriest@juno.com)
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 13:33:06 EDT
To: ROUNDTABLE@CNI.ORG, mgjones@cqi.com Subject: Peering Message-Id: <19980603.133154.7423.3.cpriest@juno.com> From: cpriest@juno.com (Curt Priest) Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 13:33:06 EDT
Mary G. Jones <mgjones@cqi.com> asked:
>
> Curtiss: Can you tell me what "ppeering" is. I didn't understand that
> last communcition re Section 706. Mary thanks
Mary -- this summary provides some context for the word.
Curtiss
Title: Would WorldCom-MCI Deal Lift Tolls on Net?
Source: Wall Street Journal <http://wsj.com/> (B1)
Author: Thomas Weber & Rebecca Quick
Issue: Mergers
Description: If WorldCom is successful in its bid to buy MCI, the
resulting company may be within reach of dominating "the innards of the
Internet." The company would control 60% of all US traffic on the global
computer network and a large share of the traffic world wide. That
control could allow WorldCom to raise prices for Internet use. Earlier
this year, WorldCom started charging small Internet service providers
for connections to its network. WorldCom's vision is to change the
traditional, "funky commune" approach to exchanging data between ISPs
(called peering) and turn it into a capitalistic one. "Ultimately, that
could signal the demise of the ubiquitous $19.95-a-month unlimited
access plans."
Curt Priest
<cpriest@juno.com>
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