[72229] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering point speed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. Dreger)
Sat Jul 3 02:32:49 2004
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 06:32:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <EB0C0545-CCAD-11D8-96F1-000A9578BB58@ianai.net>
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PWG> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:00:35 -0400
PWG> From: Patrick W Gilmore
PWG> Any particular reason you would worry about public peering
PWG> points these days?
ANES, perhaps? Those who finally found old NANOG-L and i-a
archives have decided public peering is bad.
Hmmmm.... let's see.... cheap, uncongested public peering -vs-
expensive private peering. Assuming fixed amount of money to
spend, which buys more?
There. Now we just need to wait a few more years for the "public
peering is good" mentality to spread. Hopefully that will still
be the case at that time. :-)
PWG> There might be a concern that, for instance, a provider
PWG> would show up to a NAP, connect at GigE, then peer with 2
PWG> gigabits of traffic. But I fail to see why that is the
PWG> public fabric's fault, or why things would be any different
PWG> on private peering. The provider knows when their
*nods* Private would be worse. Even collocation + overpriced
$500/mo fiber x-c compares favorably with metro OC3.
You've gotta admit, though: It's funny watching someone proclaim
"we avoid public peering!" when their $149/mo dedicated server
lives in a PAIX suite, unbeknowst to them. :-)
I guess uncongested public peering technically _is_ avoiding
"congested public peering"...
Eddy
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