PV> Date: 14 Nov 2002 05:14:30 +0000 PV> From: Paul Vixie [ re number of US exchange points ] DD> Right now seems domestically 6 may be all we need. PV> I'm putting the number closer to 40 (the "NFL cities") right PV> now, and 150 by the end of the decade, and ultimately any PV> "metro" with population greater than 50K in a 100 sq Km area PV> will need a neutral exchange point (even if it's 1500 sqft in PV> the bottom of a bank building.) Are we discussing: 1) locations primarily for peering between large carriers, or 2) carrier hotels including virtually all providers, where cheap faste/gige peering runs are easily justified? If #1, I agree with David. In the case of the latter, I think I see what Paul is saying. IMESHO, local/longhaul price imbalance and the growth of distributed hosting {would|will} help fuel the smaller exchanges. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.