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[Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>]

Randy;

> > Maybe. However, l2 is for telco.
> >
> > l2 exchange ponints are a labor suck and are fragile.
> >
> > The right path is l1, though, then, there is less reason to have
> > exchange points.
> >
> > It will be more obvious as the peering speed between two ISPs exceeds
> > that of a single physical interface.
>
> glad to have words of practical wisedom from your experience as a large
> provider.

My humble wisdom is not to have experience with telco style (thus
large) ISPs with impractical (that is, extremely costly)
internetworking.

:-)

                                                Masataka Ohta