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grueztoday at 1:16 PM1 replyview on HN

>Every ISP has to pay Hurricane Electric for their tunnels, that's why it's free to you.

Is there a law mandating this?


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inigyoutoday at 1:33 PM

Yes, it's called contract law. If you don't pay HE, you don't get a connection to them.

I forgot one detail: your ISP could pay a different tier-1 ISP, as they all interconnect. Nonetheless, your ISP pays top rates for that traffic - tier-1 routes are usually last-resort routes.

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