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In article <pjh.3371.2E491362@pjh.jvnc.net>,
Pete Holsberg <pjh@pjh.jvnc.net> wrote:
>In article <328ktn$bau@Venus.mcs.com> karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>>The CIX is not selling the Internet.  They are selling a transit guarantee
>>and services to their members, which happen to include routing on *two*
>>CISCO 7000s in California.
>
>>The CIX can no more sell the Internet than Interaccess can.
>
>How do they get their access to the Internet? That is, must a person or 
>organization go through a "provider", and if so, why?

The CIX?  The CIX is a trade association of providers.

If you don't want to go through a provider, become one - start leasing lines
from telcos, and negotiate peering arrangements.  That is a (albiet
expensive) choice.

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