[wellylug] depeer

[Donald Gordon]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:40:51 +1300 (NZDT), David Antliff <dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> Can someone who knows how this industry works please explain what the 
> ramifications of this change are to someone like me, a TC cable user in 
> Lower Hutt? What will change and what will not?
> 
> Will it affect the performance of IP communications between 
> myself and Xtra ADSL customers?

No.  TCNZ doesn't (has it ever?) interconnect with other ISPs via the WIX.

What will change is that traffic which used to flow between you and
non-TCL customers over the Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX) will now
take a less efficient route (and more expensive), unless the non-TCL
customer's ISP has a commercial agreement with TCL.

Less efficient can include "not get there at all", in cases where you're
trying to get to services which were *only* available via the WIX.  This
includes RadioNZ's Enzology streams, ftp.nz.debian.org, and presumably a
bunch of other stuff.

Yes, this does suck.

donald