[165302] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exchange Point
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric)
Wed Aug 28 19:59:11 2013
From: Eric <eric@roxanne.org>
In-Reply-To: <F671E13E-9D43-4F68-AB1C-C05B45298BBA@pch.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 19:49:43 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
There's also the bug R&E data center being built in Holyoke and I'm guessing=
most fiber runs back to people who put stuff there will go via Springfield.=
.. Might be of interest to people who don't have/want dark fiber all the wa=
y... I also think (but might be off) that OSEAN and some other regional sta=
te & R&E networks have a presence there.
On Aug 10, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> wrote:
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>>> Does anyone see value in putting a open exchange point in one federal in=
>>> Springfield, MA?
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>> Springfield, Mass.? Can't hurt=E2=80=A6
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> Agreed. There's essentially no reason not to put in an exchange, anywhere=
three or more ISPs are present.
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>> There's also Boston Internet Exchange which has been slowly picking up
>> steam, over at 1 Summer; you may want to look into remote interconnection=
.
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> That's 90 miles away, so I'd recommend not trying to extend their switch f=
abric that far. If you were considering a second exchange in Boston, I'd de=
finitely recommend using the same switch fabric for both locations, but not a=
t 90 miles of remove. That would put a pretty big burden on the smaller ISP=
s that are likely to be participating in Springfield.
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> -Bill
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