Re: The Great Exchange

[Tim Flavin <tim () i1 net>]

On Wed, 27 May 1998, Al Reuben wrote:

> I'd guestimate that local peering and stuff accounts for as much as 5 to
> 15% of our traffic. 

I don't see numbers quite that high with local peering, but would
guestimate that 50% or more of out nntp traffic is across a local
exchange.  I'm hoping to move another 20%+ of my total traffic off onto
AADS next week, which by no means is a local exchange, but Chicago ISP's
have never been able to agree on local peering, so AADS it is for Chicago
still.

> > Perhaps someone who is actually running a local exchange can report on
> > how much traffic they are carrying that is now not being sent to a
> > MAE-equivalent?  I think that actual experience and hard data will
> > surprise us all.
> >
> > --tep
>
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