[47856] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Interconnects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ren)
Fri May 17 08:03:28 2002
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Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:01:15 -0400
To: Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com>
From: ren <ren@internet.rockstar.org>
Cc: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>,
"nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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That depends on your corporate needs for power, security, remote hands,
etc. The extended services found at Equinix & PAIX are very important for
many networks.
-ren
At 08:00 AM 5/17/2002 -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
>What about NYIIX/6IIX?
>Being in Telehouse where there are no monthly fees for for cross-connects
>gives it a financial advantage over Equinix.
>
>Ralph Doncaster
>principal, IStop.com
>div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.
>
>On Fri, 17 May 2002, ren wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi Iljitsch,
> >
> > I would not consider Sprint NAP, a place closed to new customers for
> > several years, an important interconnect location in the US. ATM based
> IXs
> > are not as participant rich as they were 2-3 years ago.
> >
> > The fastest growing US interconnect locations are cross-connect
> > enabled. PAIX & Equinix. Equinix-Ashburn, PAIX-Seattle, Equinix-Newark
> > and Equinix-Dallas and others have seen participation grow with a diverse
> > blend of traffic from cable operators, telcos and content providers.
> >
> > Tier-1 means what? Look for growing sources of traffic.
> >
> > Your mileage may vary, -ren
> >
> > At 11:48 AM 5/17/2002 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> >
> > >A bunch of us are thinking about multihoming solutions for IPv6. For this
> > >purpose, it is useful to know a bit more about how actual networks (rather
> > >than the ones existing only as ASCII drawings) interconnect. So:
> > >
> > >- What are the 12 - 18 most important interconnect locations in the world?
> > > MAE East, the Ameritech, Sprint and PacBell NAPs, PAIX, LINX and AMS-IX
> > > come to mind, but from where I'm sitting it's hard to judge whether
> > > others are important or marginal.
> > >
> > >- To how many of them do typical tier-1 and tier-2 networks connect?
> > >
> > >- Using private or public interconnects?
> >
> >
> >
