$750 is not unreasonable for 2 strand dark fiber in 60 Hudson. And if you work hard, you can get this down to $500. Check 111 8th Ave, it costs well into the $3,000/mo range generally. In addition, we're already working on (in progress) cat5 xcon's between TelX and suite 1505 in 60 Hudson. However, how much do you think that would cost? Not all that much less, figure in the $300/mo range. Furthermore, anyone peering inside of TelX is probably doing it privately and because of the cost of xcon's there, probably would keep doing it privately. BTW, if anyone is interested in speaking about MetroIX, contact myself or Avi off-list. It's been moving along slowly as people re-evaluate peering arrangements, companies that we talk to disappear, etc ;) People like to see things done instantly in this market, but that's not always the best way to get things done right... Jeff On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 12:38:43PM -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
I have a POP in 60 Hudson, 19th floor. The only peering exchange I'm aware of in the building is Stealth's IPV6 exchange in Tel-X (23rd floor). If there's any interest in IPV4 peering from any networks with a presence on the 19th, I'd be willing to provide free 100baseTx ports on a peering switch in 1904.
I'm aware of MetroIX, but that's on the 15th floor and its unreasonably expensive to get fiber cross-connects between floors in 60 Hudson, and cat5 cross-connects aren't even available between the 19th and 15th floors.
Ralph Doncaster principal, IStop.com