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| reply to Zeb
Re: hmmm
There was no bill. It was a peering agreement. The ISP's and L3 agreed to carry traffic for each other, for free. Kind of a "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" sort of thing.
L3 carried more traffic for the ISP's than the ISP's for L3. L3 decided this arrangement was no longer fair and wanted financial compensation. Unfortunately, there was a contract binding them to the free arrangement.
L3 wanted money, but the ISP's cited the contract and L3's free obligation causing a stalemate. That's were it started.
L3 said "Give me money!"
The ISP's said "Um, no, the contract says you will provide this service at no charge because we carry your traffic too!"
L3 said "Fine, I will just unplug you, contract or no contract, and you won't get plugged back in until you come up with some cash!"
And that's that. Finally, L3 agreed to resume peering services with the ISP's until an agreement for compensation could be reached.
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