On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:28:04PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:17:45 EDT, Paul Stewart said:
I can think of some but looking to develop a concrete list of appealing reasons etc. such as:
-control over routing between networks -security aspect (being able to filter/verify routes to some degree) -latency/performance
I'm surprised you didn't include "chance to pick up a redundant connection". ...specifically, in non-carrier-owned colos you have a better chance of factoring out loop costs for pricing decisions.
A couple to add: - failure scoping: issues on a remote network can be better isolated from the rest of your traffic (or completely if it is the peer). - product variation: if you sell connectivity, a different/diverse/rich set of paths to offfer your downstreams is a win. -- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE