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Re: Internet Exchange Questions

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Tue Mar 19 08:36:12 2002

Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:35:39 -0500
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Cc: Jon Bennett <jonb200192865@yahoo.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 12:46:57PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> 
> This hasn't happened. However, the reasoning still stands: why buy rack
> space in a remote place and go through all kinds of trouble to install a
> router there, if you can easily use some kind of switched/multiplexed
> service from a telco and directly connect with your intended peering
                 ^^^^^
> partners over it, regardless of where everyone is located. (Hey, does this
> sound like private interconnects?)

You answered your own question. :)

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