[186571] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: interconnection costs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Baldur Norddahl)
Wed Dec 23 21:15:07 2015
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 03:13:02 +0100
From: Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl@gmail.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 24 December 2015 at 03:04, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:39:11 -0800, Reza Motamedi said:
> > Aren't availability, guaranteed service and remote hands an incentive to
> do
> > peering inside a third party colocation?
>
> Sure. But there are places in the US where you have to decide whether the
> cost of lighting 300 miles of fiber to the colo is worth the benefits, when
> the other option is lighting fiber to a street cabinet across town.
>
Also remember that 300 miles of fiber is going to go through a dozen of
street cabinets to get there.
Regards,
Baldur
