### On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:46:57 +0100 (CET), Iljitsch van Beijnum ### <iljitsch@muada.com> casually decided to expound upon Jon Bennett ### <jonb200192865@yahoo.com> the following thoughts about "Re: Internet ### Exchange Questions": IvB> This hasn't happened. However, the reasoning still stands: why buy rack IvB> space in a remote place and go through all kinds of trouble to install a IvB> router there, if you can easily use some kind of switched/multiplexed IvB> service from a telco and directly connect with your intended peering IvB> partners over it, regardless of where everyone is located. (Hey, does this IvB> sound like private interconnects?) Among other reasons, the additive cost of all the loops starts to make this practice prohibitive. I believe Bill Norton's whitepaper, "Interconnection Strategies for ISPs", illustrates some of the issues of interconnection economics quite well and identifies where/when it makes sense to go into exchange points or establish private interconnects. IvB> This may still happen as ethernet becomes telco-friendlier. But as long as IvB> you're in a location anyway, interconnecting with other networks who are IvB> there as well is always cheaper and easier. Yes, you can reach a certain economy of scale by consolidating carriers, content providers, ISPs, etc under one roof. Many exchange point providers are banking on the atmosphere of a "public market" as a major selling point. -- /*===================[ Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net> ]======================+ | Packet Plumber, Network Engineers /| / [~ [~ |) | | --------------- | | for Effective Bandwidth Utilisation / |/ [_ [_ |) |_| N E T W O R K S | +=========================================================================*/