[54620] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US-Asia Peering Research Request
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Woodcock)
Fri Jan 10 12:36:42 2003
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:27:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
To: Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <6A91554E-2493-11D7-A551-000393AB1404@kurtis.pp.se>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
> Just out of curiosity on this topic. Is there anyone who ever managed
> to get a distributed peering point to work? If I remember history
> somewhat correct, the first attempt was D-GIX back in 1993(?). That
> failed (if Peter or someone else who was at KTHNOC back then is reading
> maybe you can give the facts), and I think I know of 3-4 other attempts
> that failed.
There's a threshold, defined by a step-function in the price-per-distance
of layer-1 services. If you follow that step-function like a line on a
topo map until it reconnects with itself, it forms a convex space.
Interconnection of switch fabrics within that space is necessary to their
success and long-term survival, whereas interconnection of switch fabrics
across the border of that space is detrimental to their success and
ultimately to their survival.
-Bill
