[33319] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Jan 8 21:43:21 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Cc: Barry Raveendran Greene <bgreene@cisco.com>, deen@slt.lk,
nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:41:11 -0800
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> Maybe. However, l2 is for telco.
>
> l2 exchange ponints are a labor suck and are fragile.
>
> The right path is l1, though, then, there is less reason to have
> exchange points.
>
> It will be more obvious as the peering speed between two ISPs exceeds
> that of a single physical interface.
glad to have words of practical wisedom from your experience as a large
provider.
randy
