[159772] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EQUINIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Jan 21 05:32:41 2013
To: Carlos Alcantar <carlos@race.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:17:48 +0000."
<CD2244F5.6FAB4%carlos@race.com>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:31:48 -0500
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:17:48 +0000, Carlos Alcantar said:
> I would agree here cross connects. We pay 15x more in cross connects per
> month then we do in just the space/power. We actually pulled out of a
> colo once our contract came to terms with one of the large colo providers
> because of the extortion cross connect fees. It's an issue when a cross
> connect within the same room cost more then the loop going 100 miles away.
> I sometimes question if the colo providers even understand our industry.
Oh, they understand full well. Considering that they talked you into
signing a contract that included "extortion cross connect fees", and they
in general get away with it - a case can be made that they understand
the industry better than you do. :)
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