[165709] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: common method to count traffic volume on IX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Hargrave)
Thu Sep 19 08:00:47 2013
From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>
In-Reply-To: <20130919113244.GG3108@burnout.tpb.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:00:34 +0100
To: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 19 Sep 2013, at 12:32, Niels Bakker <niels=3Dnanog@bakker.net> wrote:
> I know you're a busy man so the tl;dr is that by encouraging local =
peering more networks will start to peer, and by partnering with one or =
more local carriers those new networks as well as established players in =
those markets can connect to the home exchange point too, increasing =
value for all connected parties.
But isn't this all just neo-colonialism? Establish a market in the =
colony, but ensure through restrictive trade practices that all trade =
routes lead back via the mother country.=20
Or can I buy myself connectivity to AMS-IX Amsterdam when i'm present at =
the LINX Harare exchange?
Will=
