[11363] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed (as presented to the public at least)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Davis)
Wed Mar 30 10:54:48 1994
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 12:19:57 -0500
From: Christopher Davis <ckd@kei.com>
To: barb.dijker@labyrinth.com (Barbara L. Dijker)
Cc: com-priv@lists.psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199403282032.AA07093@morass.labyrinth.com>
BLD> == Barbara L Dijker <barb.dijker@labyrinth.com>
BLD> Please recall that the $10K/year is on top of a _required_
BLD> connection directly to a CIX POP. In Colorado, that connection
BLD> alone at T1 would cost almost $60K/yr. $70K _is_ prohibitive in
BLD> most cases.
BLD> On the otherhand, a SprintLink T1 in Colorado costs $42K/yr for both
BLD> the T1 haul and route. Almost half.
Connection directly to the CIX is not required; MCS, for example, does not
have a direct connection, though they are a CIX member.
In fact, they are connected to the CIX through SprintLink.
BARRNET, NEARNET, and WestNet all connect via ANS CO+RE, as I recall.
EUnet connects to Alternet, who then transit their CIX traffic.
Most of the CIX members do *not* directly connect to the CIX.
