[33400] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exchange point networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Tue Jan 9 19:39:20 2001
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:07:53 -0500
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <E14FnhN-000Mil-00@roam.psg.com>; from Randy Bush on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:35:41PM -0800
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 05:35:41PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > 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
Not getting e-mail for every new prefix being announced: priceless
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