Re: IXes and AS length

[Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>]

I'm not sure how they can do that.   Equinix is Layer 2 - your 
peering parameters are between you and your peer?



At 12:52 PM 18/12/2014, Mike Hammett wrote:
> So I just found out that the IX we're looking to hook up with 
> (Equinix) doesn't allow downstream ASes. How does that functionally work?
>
> Stepping outside my ISP for a moment, I know a building owner with 
> several buildings that provides Internet to his tenants. He's 
> getting an AS so he can have upstream diversity. Unless carrier A or 
> ISP B have direct private peering with whomever (Amazon, NetFlix, 
> Google, FaceBook, etc., etc.), that building owner doesn't have a 
> route to those services? They can't utilize carrier A or ISP B's 
> public peering connection? How can that possibly bee with with every 
> ISP being required to have their own physical presence on the 
> exchange? That's just not practical.
>
> I understand not having parallel ASNs (advertising both ASN A and 
> ASN B separately) from a sales perspective, but I don't understand 
> ASN A advertising directly on the IX, but not allowing ASN A's 
> downstream customers of ASNs B, C, D and E.
>
> Am I wrong or is this just an Equinix thing?
>
>
>
>
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com

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