RE: Peering Exchange

[Steve Mikulasik <Steve.Mikulasik () civeo com>]

They are targeting a different market with cloud exchanges. Usually the direct connect services are for hooking up your 
MPLS to the cloud provider. Many cloud providers connect to their customers with RFC1918 addresses as well. 


-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:31 PM
Cc: NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: Peering Exchange

Google or Facebook are exactly who you would want to connect with and I'm fairly sure they're on the route servers. 

Other than driving additional revenue by needing to buy ports to both or possible regulatory concerns, I'm not sure why 
these companies spin up an exchange for every new fad that comes along. They all just boil down to an Ethernet fabric. 




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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Nick Ellermann" <nellermann () broadaspect com>
To: "Colton Conor" <colton.conor () gmail com>, "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:19:53 PM
Subject: RE: Peering Exchange 

Colton,
Sorry, hit send before I was done! You mentioned an enterprise, if that was the case you may want to look at Equinix's 
Cloud Exchange. The Equinix IX is really meant for like-minded Network operators and Content providers to exchange 
routes on an exchange so that we don't require multiple dedicated cross-connects to each network at Equinix which can 
be cost prohibitive in some cases. Each network operator has different peering criteria, and it's not likely that for 
example a Google or Facebook is going to peer with you on the Equinix IX if that was your end goal. The Cloud Exchange 
is meant for those Equinix customers wanting to connect to one or more cloud service providers. The larger Cloud 
providers now also have 'Direct Connect' services at Equinix as well as another option. 

Sincerely,
Nick Ellermann – CTO & VP Cloud Services BroadAspect 

E: nellermann () broadaspect com
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F: 703-996-4443 

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-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Colton Conor
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:22 PM
To: NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Peering Exchange 

If a service provider or enterprise orders collocation at an Equinix Global Internet Exchange Point, and orders a port 
on the exchange from Equinix, then what happens? How does a provider actually peer with the peers on the exchange? 

Lets assume the SP or enterprise already has an ANS, transit from multiple providers, and a BGP router that can accept 
and hold full routes. 

You can see the members of the exchange on peeringdb.com. Many of the members say their policy is Open with little to 
no traffic requirements. So does just ordering a port to the exchange automatically connect you with all of these open 
providers, or do you have to contact each on individually?