And so many of those bilateral processes are just simply broken.



-----Mike HammettIntelligent Computing SolutionsMidwest Internet ExchangeThe Brothers WISP

----- Original Message -----
From: Will Hargrave <will@harg.net>
To: Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:22:34 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Can an IXP sell IP transit?

On 5 Nov 2024, at 16:56, Tom Beecher wrote:

>> Especially so if a few of the large content providers continue to pull
>> back from route servers and such.
> Content providers aren't leaving IXP's completely. They're still there,
> still paying monthly for ports and XCs. Still doing bilateral peering over
> the IX. There's no revenue hit to an IXP for a CDN to de-peer off the route
> servers.

Hi Tom,

I don’t really think your last statement is true.

UK, and London in particular, is quite a dynamic market. At LONAP we see plenty of networks connect and see an immediate “quick win” of traffic by connection to our route-servers, where adoption among the membership is something like 85-90%.

If an operator decides to replace those RS sessions with a (often intractable) portal to request bilateral sessions - or worse, email - that immediate traffic benefit is lost. That can affect the value the IXP provides to its members.

Will