Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

["Radu-Adrian Feurdean" <nanog () radu-adrian feurdean net>]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, at 19:59, Mike Hammett wrote:
> Join an IX your provider is on?

As someone that works for an IXP these days, I would prefer *NOT* having to deal with people that do not understand the 
Internet ecosystem. Which hospitals, and most businesses are.
An IXP is not an ISP targeting business/corporate. We're already dealing with people that do not understand what an IXP 
does, and open tickets every time a direct BGP session (one between 2 peers, not involving the route-server) goes down. 
Even had "Google is slow" tickets.
Joining an IX purely for PNI/NNI interconnection may be an option, but only if you are 100% sure that the other party 
agrees an PNI/NNI over an IX. Some do, some don't, most don't even know it's a possibility.