One other important point to note. Anyone can turn up an exchange in N/A and be supported by the same. So far, only the current cadre of IXP's have stepped up to help. US entities are instead busy acquiring meet- me rooms to further box us all in even more. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/09/17/cologix-acquires-jax-... Best, -M< On Thursday, September 19, 2013, Neil J. McRae wrote:
Randy,
On 18/09/2013 03:39, "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com> wrote:
somehow, a serious case of testosterone poisoning combined with insane goal drift has hit a number of the large european exchanges. instead of the goal being how well they serve their local communities, they have gone wild with sleazy means of having traffic contests, doing really sick attempts at techno-colonial expansion into foreign countries and continents, ... instead of running a public service, they think they are running competitive commercial enterprises. imiho, the members should be up in arms.
I find this rant hilarious given your position during the attempted commercial buy out of the London Internet Exchange! Others might class it as rubbish!
The European exchanges are responding to a demand that is being created by US operators (many of which are members), there is a gap that is perceived that the model used in Europe (quite successfully I would add) may fill. By all means, if there are other companies that can fill this demand they should get their plans rolling.
As for local communities - the Internet itself is a local community which we all do our best to serve.
if you are jealous of commercial expansion, then send your resume to equinix. Sheesh!
I've sent them mine but they said my approach to commercial expansion was too aggressive! Oh dear! ;)
Regaards, Neil. (oh and yes I am a non-exec of the LINX but I'm speaking personally (but you knew that already right?))