Re: Amazon Peering

[JASON BOTHE via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

This is a note I received on Oct18 when checking on a peering request submitted on Aug7.. 

“Apologies for the delays here. We have temporarily frozen IX peering as we revise some of our automation processes. 
I’m hopeful this will be unblocked by early November. Thank you for your continued patience.”

> On Nov 24, 2018, at 10:59, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl () mnwifi com> wrote:
>
> It seems wasteful for Amazon to connect to an IX but then ignore peering requests for a year.
>
> They have 40G of connectivity but are unresponsive. I'll try emailing all the other contacts listed in peeringdb.
>
> Thanks 
>
> > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:38 AM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net wrote:
> > I've e-mailed my contacts there a couple times on people's behalf. No response yet.
> >
> > It seems like a lot of organizations need 1 more person in their peering departments.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > Midwest-IX
> > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> >
> > From: "Darin Steffl" <darin.steffl () mnwifi com>
> > To: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2018 10:21:51 PM
> > Subject: Amazon Peering
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Does anyone have a direct contact to get a peering session established with Amazon at an IX? I sent a peering 
> > request Dec 2017 and two more times this Sept and Nov with no response.
> >
> > I sent to peering () amazon com and received one automated response back so I know they received my email but 
> > nothing since.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Darin Steffl
> > Minnesota WiFi
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