[11384] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Practical questions, CIX vs. GIX vs. other CIXs elsewhe
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Nordlund)
Thu Mar 31 00:48:54 1994
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 14:19:48 +0000
From: Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
To: Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>, com-priv@psi.com
> Date sent: Tue, 29 Mar 94 11:43:38 -0500
> From: Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
> To: com-priv@psi.com
> Subject: Practical questions, CIX vs. GIX vs. other CIXs elsewhere
>
> Morten Reistad <mrr@galba.boers.no> writes:
>
> >And, yes, there are alternatives. There is a GIX on the
> >drawingboard, the Washington part is operational, and
> >several national CIX'es. (There is one here in Norway,
> >where four providers hook up to exchange packets and
> >routing). I would very much like to see a CIX or GIX present in
> >Northern Europe somewhere.
>
> Is this GIX a government internet exchange, or another commercial internet
> exchange? If it is commercial, does this mean we are going to need to pay
> GIX as well as CIX to get them to route our traffic? Or is GIX going to pay
> CIX or vice versa? If a CIX2 starts, will we need to pay them as well? Will
> we need to join each of these national CIXs or they'll refuse to route our
> traffic? We buy a pipe through a reseller, who connects to CIX, etc. Why do
> we need to start paying people elsewhere on the net other than the place we
> directly connect to??? If we do, who do we need to pay?? Does this model
> make sense, shouldn't we only pay the place we directly connect to
> otherwise things can get quickly out of hand??
>
Wait till we have four (or more) Network Access Points in the mix. If the
NAPs do not replace the CIX/GIX/?IXs, it becomes unmanageable and the
entire house of cards crashes and we are all out of business.
Dave Nordlund nordlund@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu
University of Kansas 913/864-0450
Computing Services FAX 913/864-0485
Lawrence, KS 66045
