In article <2.2.32.19961011001731.006e871c@lint.cisco.com> Paul Ferguson wrote:
This is also the reason why we [collectively] are encouraging the creation of local exchange points outside of North America. The situation where two providers in The Phillipines (for example) have to back-haul traffic to the US to exchange bits is contributing to the overall problem.
A very logical place for a CIX-like open interconnect in the Asia/Pacific region is Guam, because large quantities of fiber (including most of the fiber to/from North America) transits Guam. At least one ISP (UUnet) has an operational site on Guam shown on their currently online network map, no doubt because they have clue about where the fibre runs.
This needs to be fixed, but it certainly won't happen overnight, primarily due to the economic situation in the general locale. The possibility to correct this problem increases as deregulation happens.
This is another reason to use Guam for an interconnect. Guam is part of the USA and so telecommunications is already deregulated. (A side benefit for US citizens living on Guam is that Guam is the only place in the universe where one's income is not subject to US Federal Income Tax, go figure :-). Btw, Singapore shares the "lots of fibre" property, but has significantly more regulation of telecommunications (and ISPs) than Guam does. Ran rja@cisco.com