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Re: Vancouver IXP - VanTX - BCNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrell)
Wed Aug 21 13:44:47 2013
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1308211320030.15302@iskra.ottix.net>
From: Christopher Morrell <christopher.morrell.nanog@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:42:55 -0400
To: "William F. Maton Sotomayor" <wmaton@ottix.net>
Cc: "bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com" <bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com>,
North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I would hope that at least the 3 largest cities in Canada (Toronto, Montreal=
, Vancouver) should be able to sustain IXPs.=20
Hopefully Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg too considering the size of their p=
opulations and their distance from the largest 3 cities.=20
On 2013-08-21, at 13:27, "William F. Maton Sotomayor" <wmaton@ottix.net> wro=
te:
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>=20
>>> 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 i=
s
>>> fuzzy. I don't recall the reasoning in choosing for-profit over
>>> nont-for-profit.
>>=20
>> [NMIX couldn't pay its bills so it lost a lot of support/clients]
>=20
> Ah thanks for that update.
>=20
> 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 wri=
tten, are any of these IXPs capable of becoming self-sustaining in the futur=
e? It's a rhetorical question applicable to any starting IXP and requires a=
n understanding of the local environment.
>=20
> wfms
>=20
