That depends on your corporate needs for power, security, remote hands, etc. The extended services found at Equinix & PAIX are very important for many networks. -ren At 08:00 AM 5/17/2002 -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
What about NYIIX/6IIX? Being in Telehouse where there are no monthly fees for for cross-connects gives it a financial advantage over Equinix.
Ralph Doncaster principal, IStop.com div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.
On Fri, 17 May 2002, ren wrote:
Hi Iljitsch,
I would not consider Sprint NAP, a place closed to new customers for several years, an important interconnect location in the US. ATM based
IXs
are not as participant rich as they were 2-3 years ago.
The fastest growing US interconnect locations are cross-connect enabled. PAIX & Equinix. Equinix-Ashburn, PAIX-Seattle, Equinix-Newark and Equinix-Dallas and others have seen participation grow with a diverse blend of traffic from cable operators, telcos and content providers.
Tier-1 means what? Look for growing sources of traffic.
Your mileage may vary, -ren
At 11:48 AM 5/17/2002 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
A bunch of us are thinking about multihoming solutions for IPv6. For this purpose, it is useful to know a bit more about how actual networks (rather than the ones existing only as ASCII drawings) interconnect. So:
- What are the 12 - 18 most important interconnect locations in the world? MAE East, the Ameritech, Sprint and PacBell NAPs, PAIX, LINX and AMS-IX come to mind, but from where I'm sitting it's hard to judge whether others are important or marginal.
- To how many of them do typical tier-1 and tier-2 networks connect?
- Using private or public interconnects?