At 09:17 AM 8/15/00 -0400, Callaghan, Robert wrote: ...snip...

• My proposal is that the QoS is only negotiated with the original service

provider and that the QoS negotiation be performed between service providers. Only the original service provider charges the user for the service and this charge is split among the other service provider using a process similar to that used by public telephone carriers today. All ISPs do this today for basic service, so extending it to enhanced services is reasonable.

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Settlements in the ISP world are fairly byzantine and don't follow the model used by public telephone carriers today (possible exceptions are some of the arrangements for roaming and wholesale dial). Note the objections to draft Recommendation D.iii in SG3. What you suggest here would require a new business model, billing systems, OSS, etc. in the Service Providers(not to mention supporting the QOS in the first place). However, this is true for the alternatives proposed as well. :-) Chip

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