[108084] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Seattle Peering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Caputo)
Tue Sep 23 18:13:54 2008
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:13:23 +0000 (UTC)
To: Paul Stewart <pstewart@nexicomgroup.net>,
"Michael K. Smith" <mksmith@adhost.com>
In-Reply-To: <C4F7C3AA.12DAD%mksmith@adhost.com>
From: Chris Caputo <ccaputo@alt.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Michael K. Smith wrote:
> Hello Paul:
>
> On 9/18/08 8:01 AM, "Paul Stewart" <pstewart@nexicomgroup.net> wrote:
> > Hi folks...
> >
> > We're working on some plans to peer in the Seattle area. Choices so far
> > considered are SIX and PAIX Seattle pretty much....
> >
> > I was of the impression that if you get a port on one of these
> > exchanges, you can connect to the other one as well? Just looking for
> > clarification from folks who are connected out there..;) Any charges to
> > go between the exchanges or it just included?
>
> Speaking from the SIX side, there is no charge to connect to the fabric if
> you supply the optics, and there is a one-time fiber cross connect charge of
> $200.00 US. The SIX and PAIX are directly connected and you can peer across
> the fabric. The SIX page is http://www.seattleix.net for more info or you
> can email me directly.
And keep in mind that while the SIX and PAIX-SEA are directly connected,
the exchanges are on different VLANs from the perspective of a PAIX-SEA
connection.
If you connect on the SIX side, you can only reach the SIX fabric. No
MRC.
If you connect on the PAIX-SEA side, you can reach both the SIX fabric and
the PAIX-SEA fabric via a single router port. For MRC talk to an S&D rep.
Chris
