Is Cook Report Any Good?

Greetings,

I ran across info on the Nov/Dec 2002 Cook Report on the "Economics of IP
Network Interconnection: Peering, Transit, and IXs."

Simple question, is it worth the $250?

OBTW, I've been lurking since about the beginning.  We are a midwest
municipality that is running a GBPS MAN with a couple of transit DS3s to
AT&T and Sprint.  Currently looking at more bandwidth, probably to an
exchange point.  Also looking at establishing a local exchange point.

Todd Christell
Network Manager
SpringNet