[190105] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NANOG67 - Tipping point of community and sponsor bashing?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Wed Jun 15 15:14:25 2016
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From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:14:21 -0700
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On 6/15/16 05:37, Mike Hammett wrote:
> I agree that the SIX is a fine organization, but the framework of the organization has little to do with the members getting screwed over. A non-profit donation-based IX that doesn't produce results could be screwing its "customers" over more than a MRC-based for-profit IX that does produce.
An IX just needs to "produce" a layer 2 peering fabric. That's not a
tall order to get results from. Anything beyond that is extra fluff.
Some people want to pay more for the fluff, some don't.
~Seth
