Re: Amazon Peering

[Brooks Swinnerton <bswinnerton () gmail com>]

I also saw sessions come up this weekend, no routes yet though.

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 4:56 PM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:

> Mike-
>
> Definitely moving forward now. Someone from Amazon was working with my
> peering group and things started coming up this weekend, so it seems like
> they're catching up pretty good now.
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:45 PM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
>
> > Let us know your success as well. I'll hold off following up on my
> > requests until I see that other people are successful. I don't want to
> > contribute to flooding them with requests.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > Midwest-IX
> > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From: *"Tom Beecher" <beecher () beecher cc>
> > *To: *"Jason Lixfeld" <jason+nanog () lixfeld ca>
> > *Cc: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org>
> > *Sent: *Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:38:51 PM
> > *Subject: *Re: Amazon Peering
> >
> > Thanks Jason. I'll have my peering team take another crack at reaching
> > out and see what happens. Appreciate it!
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:21 PM Jason Lixfeld <jason+nanog () lixfeld ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We circled back with them yesterday on a request we made in late
> > > November where at the time they said they wouldn’t be turned up until 2019
> > > due to holiday network change freeze.
> > >
> > > They responded within about 4 hours, thanked us for our patience and
> > > understanding and said we should expect them to be turned up in about 6
> > > weeks, which is apparently their typical timing.
> > >
> > > On Jan 24, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > >
> > > I hate to necro-thread , but has anyone seen any movement from Amazon on
> > > this? I just got a Strongly Worded Message about it, and according to my
> > > peering team , it's been radio silence for months.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 12:32 PM JASON BOTHE via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is a note I received on Oct18 when checking on a peering request
> > > > submitted on Aug7..
> > > >
> > > > “Apologies for the delays here. We have temporarily frozen IX peering
> > > > as we revise some of our automation processes. I’m hopeful this will be
> > > > unblocked by early November. Thank you for your continued patience.”
> > > >
> > > > On Nov 24, 2018, at 10:59, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl () mnwifi com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It seems wasteful for Amazon to connect to an IX but then ignore
> > > > peering requests for a year.
> > > >
> > > > They have 40G of connectivity but are unresponsive. I'll try emailing
> > > > all the other contacts listed in peeringdb.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:38 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've e-mailed my contacts there a couple times on people's behalf. No
> > > > > response yet.
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems like a lot of organizations need 1 more person in their
> > > > > peering departments.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----
> > > > > Mike Hammett
> > > > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Midwest-IX
> > > > > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------------------------
> > > > > *From: *"Darin Steffl" <darin.steffl () mnwifi com>
> > > > > *To: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org>
> > > > > *Sent: *Friday, November 23, 2018 10:21:51 PM
> > > > > *Subject: *Amazon Peering
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have a direct contact to get a peering session established
> > > > > with Amazon at an IX? I sent a peering request Dec 2017 and two more times
> > > > > this Sept and Nov with no response.
> > > > >
> > > > > I sent to peering () amazon com and received one automated response back
> > > > > so I know they received my email but nothing since.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Darin Steffl
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