[69775] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Backbone IP network Economics - peering and transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Tue Apr 20 01:35:47 2004
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:34:55 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Patrick W.Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Patrick W.Gilmore wrote:
> Unless they have cheap access to a free NAP (TorIX, SIX, etc.),
> transit, even at higher prices, is probably be the best /
> cheapest way to reach the Internet.
This is true, but there are plenty of other opportunities for peering,
such as: both parties buy DS-3 class transit from the same tier-2 or
even maybe tier-3 provider in a colo (which will likely be a BFM, other
problem) not a formal IX. In other words, peering in an IX does cost
money, but peering at a colo might not, as these messy colos are mostly
unmanaged and nobody cares about that 25ft cross-over cable :-)
Michel.
