Re: Question on peering strategies

[Max Tulyev <maxtul () netassist ua>]

If you dig into hijacking topic more, you will see that hijacks through
Tier1 is same or even more popular than through IXes.

And if someone want to make me a transit offer for the price of DE-CIX
(I do not even ask the price of DTEL-IX peering ;) ) - please, contact
me off-list, I will be really happy.

On 24.05.16 11:03, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > On May 16, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Baldur Norddahl <baldur.norddahl () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > Router ports are expensive, so even if cross connects were free, you would
> > still use the public switch fabric until you reach a traffic level that
> > justifies a direct connection. The point of having a IX switch is that you
> > can connect to many others with just one single router port.
>
>
> The cost of an IX can be quite expensive actually.  If you look at the RIPE
> presentations from this week, there are stealth routing hijacks that come from
> promiscuous peering as well as just the flat economics of connecting with a 10GE
> or 100GE interface and the cost per gigabit you assign to the IX port.  These
> are flat rate ports, unlike transit that may offer you a price and commit rates
> that allow you to reach everyone vs those just at the IX.
>
> I’m hoping I don’t get in trouble for sharing this, but this collaboration exists
> for europe on peering costs which are normalized in euro cents per megabit.
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ztPX_ysWYqEhJlf2SKQQsTNRbkwoxPSfaC6ScEZAG8/edit#gid=0
>
> - Jared