On 16/Apr/15 09:00, Tore Anderson wrote:
You appear to be assuming that an IP transit port is more expensive then an IXP port with the same speed. That doesn't seem to always be the case anymore, at least not in all parts of the world, and I expect this trend to continue - transit prices seems to go down almost on a monthly basis, while the price lists of the two closest IXPs to where I'm sitting are dated 2011 and 2013, respectively.
Agreed.
Even if the transit port itself remains slightly more expensive than the IXP port like in the example Baldur showed, the no-peering alternative might still be cheaper overall because even if you're peering most of your traffic you'll still need to pay a nonzero amount for a (smaller or less utilised) transit port anyway.
Agreed again. Mark.