Re: Peering points

[Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>]

> Or is the entire thing irrelevant, because everyone is moving to private
> bilateral connections.  And the important thing is how many providers
> does someone peer, not how many exchange points they're connected to.
> For the price of one Sprint-NAP connection, I can get several connections
> to Canada.  And we have a lot more customers in Canada than at the
> Sprint-NAP.  We already peer with everyone at the Sprint-NAP, or been
> turned down by them elsewhere.  So one more exchange point doesn't buy
> much.
> -- 
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>   Affiliation given for identification not representation

The SprintNAP is a much less congested place than MAE-East (though most
providers also have less capacity out of it [besides Sprintlink, GSL,
ICM, etc...])...

Avi

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -