Re: Interconnects

[Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net>]

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:

> What about NYIIX/6IIX?
> Being in Telehouse where there are no monthly fees for for cross-connects
> gives it a financial advantage over Equinix.

While I agree, IIX relatively speaking is small -- aggregating about 450
to 500 mb/s.

Also, you don't find many US-based internation networks there (ie, UU,
Sprint, CW, PSI/Cogent, etc.); however, the participation of Asian and
European networks is very impressive.

Also, the IIX is run the way I like a NAP run (as if my opinion matters on
this); cheap, simplistic, and reliable. I don't know of any other NAP that
can claim all three.




> Ralph Doncaster
> principal, IStop.com
> div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.
>
> On Fri, 17 May 2002, ren wrote:
>
> > Hi Iljitsch,
> >
> > I would not consider Sprint NAP, a place closed to new customers for
> > several years, an important interconnect location in the US.  ATM based IXs
> > are not as participant rich as they were 2-3 years ago.
> >
> > The fastest growing US interconnect locations are cross-connect
> > enabled.  PAIX & Equinix.   Equinix-Ashburn, PAIX-Seattle, Equinix-Newark
> > and Equinix-Dallas and others have seen participation grow with a diverse
> > blend of traffic from cable operators, telcos and content providers.
> >
> > Tier-1 means what?  Look for growing sources of traffic.
> >
> > Your mileage may vary, -ren
> >
> > At 11:48 AM 5/17/2002 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> >
> > > A bunch of us are thinking about multihoming solutions for IPv6. For this
> > > purpose, it is useful to know a bit more about how actual networks (rather
> > > than the ones existing only as ASCII drawings) interconnect. So:
> > >
> > > - What are the 12 - 18 most important interconnect locations in the world?
> > >   MAE East, the Ameritech, Sprint and PacBell NAPs, PAIX, LINX and AMS-IX
> > >   come to mind, but from where I'm sitting it's hard to judge whether
> > >   others are important or marginal.
> > >
> > > - To how many of them do typical tier-1 and tier-2 networks connect?
> > >
> > > - Using private or public interconnects?

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