[Starlevel004]

> When Deutsche Telekom customers want to watch YouTube, that traffic flows directly from Google's network to Deutsche Telekom's network at a Frankfurt exchange point—maybe four or five router hops, minimal latency, no intermediaries. It's elegant. It's efficient. And it's exactly what Vodafone is abandoning.

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[cachius]

Why?

[Dilettante_]

AI writing cadence I presume.

Edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45850683

[cachius]

Thanks. I thought it was something factually wrong.

[galaxy_gas]

It is also likely factually wrong as most major ISPs use GGC for popular traffic

[marcusb]

After using Deutsche Telekom as an example of how great direct peering is, a few paragraphs later the article uses Deutsche Telekom as an example of the dangers of using peering provider intermediaries.

[PhilKunz]

Is it the only peering of Starlink though?

[inemesitaffia]

SpaceX is both customer and peer of inter.link