On Aug 12, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Paul Wall wrote:
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
Tons of others exist, in big and little markets. There's one in 365 Main SF, there's KleyReX in the same building as DE-CIX, Big APE in 111 8th, NYCx there too, ChicagoIX just opened, etc., etc.
Excellent point on Europe.
Not so much in the United States. Do SFMIX, BIG APE, NYCX, etc 1) have more than a half dozen participants 2) exchange any traffic other than BGP keep-alives and ARP? :) I think not. When you look at why not, it's usually always predatory practices on the part of various collo and IX operators preventing widespread adoptation. If CHIX were doing real traffic, do you think Equinix would allow them to remain accessible from their suites, and in a cost-effective manner?
I'm guessing the answer to 1 & 2 is yes. Proof of at least participant count: <http://www.ny6ix.net/>.
Trust me, it _is_ being done.
It's being done, just not on a large scale in the United States outside of the SIX.
Define "large". For instance, Atlanta IX had more traffic than PAIX in the same building last I checked. And how large does it need to be to save a network $300/month? -- TTFN, patrick