[33241] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: florida ix(en) facing south
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Thu Jan 4 20:08:41 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: "Barrows, Jeff" <jsb@aleron.com>
Cc: Przemyslaw Karwasiecki <karwas@ifxcorp.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:06:15 -0800
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>> My point is -- it is important to whom do you peer at NAP,
>> not who is your "real estate" landlord.
>
> if you don't care how often the L2 thing goes down, how
> knowledgeable the person that picks up the phone is, or
> how long it takes to figure out the difference between
> single- and multi-mode fiber.
>
> i won't call them clueless, or insinuate that either of
> the IX operators discussed here are, but... yes, it does
> matter whether or not they are knowledgeable folks on the
> technology side, and yes, i want them to understand IP
> traffic, traffic queuing, capacity planning, congestion
> issues, scaling, platforms, and other things that Internet
> providers need to discuss with them.
>
> luckily, while some of the players down in Miami may
> have interests in a Miami IX from the real estate side,
> i don't think either of them are proposing having a
> bricklayer or handyman configuring the L2 gear.
>
> still though, none of that matters if the set of folks
> that i want to connect to aren't present there with the
> parts [not just transit] of their network that i want to
> connect to-- so that's what i am interested in knowing at
> the moment.
>
> i am also quite interested in knowing what the 'familiar'
> folks' (i.e., Equinix, Worldcom, etc.) positions are on
> developing an exchange in that region, and would welcome
> their stepping up to the demand. (either in this forum
> or directly.)
both ears and the tail. heck, i'll throw in a back haunch.
randy
