[189362] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question on peering strategies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Bensley)
Mon May 23 05:04:41 2016
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From: James Bensley <jwbensley@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 10:03:58 +0100
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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>> On 22 May 2016, at 07:33, Max Tulyev <maxtul@netassist.ua> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I wonder why a "VLAN exchange" does not exists. Or I do not know any?
>>
>> In my understanding it should be a switch, and people connected can
>> easily order a private VLAN between each other (or to private group)
>> through some kind of web interface.
>>
>> That should be a more easy and much less expensive way for private
>> interconnects than direct wires.
On 23 May 2016 at 09:59, Marty Strong via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
> This does exist, often called an elastic fabric, e.g. Megaport
>
> Regards,
> Marty Strong
> --------------------------------------
> CloudFlare - AS13335
> Network Engineer
> marty@cloudflare.com
> +44 7584 906 055
> smartflare (Skype)
>
> http://www.peeringdb.com/view.php?asn=13335
As Marty said, it does exist. AN example from LONAP in the UK:
https://www.lonap.net/fees.php
Private VLANs between members = FREE
Another option is using a provider like IXReach (now "Console"), take
a peering to them, and then down multiple VLANs they can through you
peerings to different IXs from around the world and to other networks:
http://www.ixreach.com/
Cheers,
James.
