[33317] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Exchange point networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Jan 8 20:43:37 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: "Barry Raveendran Greene" <bgreene@cisco.com>
Cc: "abha" <ahuja@wibh.net>, "William B. Norton" <wbn@equinix.com>,
"Bill Woodcock" <woody@zocalo.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:35:41 -0800
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> Another difference is cost:
>
> + Router Server - cost is workstation, software, and training. You need to
> buy the RS software. $120,000 (Merit's price) is a lot of money to collect
> for an IXP project in places like Kenya, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Philippines,
> etc.).
>
> + Router Reflector - cost is a router (or a unix box with gated) and
> training. (3620 works fine for a IXP with +60 ISPs).
switch - cost $200-500
randy
