[152998] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Equinix Direct
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Palmer)
Fri May 25 19:02:27 2012
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 09:01:29 +1000
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 08:19:10AM -0400, Tim Durack wrote:
> It does concern me that the only connectivity options are FE/GE, no
> 10GE at this time. Makes me wonder about how serious the service is,
> and whether I will end up with a more congested service than simply
> getting a mix of transit providers myself.
It depends on what you mean by "serious". As I understand it, it's not
targeted at the big end of town -- there's no way you wouldn't be going
direct to the big tier 1s yourself if you needed multiple 10GE pipes, for a
wide variety of reasons. Instead, it's intended as a "leg up" for the
smaller players to get into the marketplace *without* needing to make a huge
commitment to the big tier 1s and manage far more moving parts than would
otherwise be the case.
- Matt
