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Article: New issues for Internet interconnection
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- Telecommunications
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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CopyrightCopyright Horizon House Publications, Inc. Feb 2000. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The traditional world of Internet peering is undergoing radical change with the commercialisation of the Internet. The result may be the emergence of a running battle between the Internet backbone providers and Internet service providers (ISPs), before the two agree on the creation of a new value system and so new interconnection regime.
At the heart of all networks is interconnection. Interconnection is the ability of one entity to connect to other entities - it is the glue that holds the `network of networks' together. Interconnection is absolutely crucial to the operation of the Internet, more so than for any other network-- based industry given the absence of endto-end circuits. The ...