[165166] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vancouver IXP - VanTX - BCNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William F. Maton Sotomayor)
Wed Aug 21 13:30:21 2013
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:27:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: "William F. Maton Sotomayor" <wmaton@ottix.net>
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
In-Reply-To: <20130821171536.GA15476@vacation.karoshi.com.>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>> IIRC, Albuquerque has NMIX which I think was setup as for-profit. (John
>> Brown are you still here?) Well over a decade ago now, my recollection is
>> fuzzy. I don't recall the reasoning in choosing for-profit over
>> nont-for-profit.
>
> [NMIX couldn't pay its bills so it lost a lot of support/clients]
Ah thanks for that update.
You've reminded me of another point: While it is admirable that CIRA (and
probably other similar counterparts are watching) looking to establish
IXPs, my anxiety lies with the future: Given everything that's already
been written, are any of these IXPs capable of becoming self-sustaining in
the future? It's a rhetorical question applicable to any starting IXP and
requires an understanding of the local environment.
wfms
