Ok, not to jump in with an irrelevant conversation, but when I talked to a former CIO of a big university, he pointed out that the strength of internet-2 was in peering, that the biggest uni's who join the I2 network will be factoring in a peering factor when their universities are charged for internet access. So hypothetical only, charges would disappear and couldn't be tracked, although traffic would of course not disappear (isn't that the truth). Denise ===== Denise N. Rall, PhD student, Env. Science & Mgmt, Southern Cross Uni, Marker for Protected Area Management, BIO00244 Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/