From: Bill Woodcock <woody@zocalo.net> What you just outlined is exactly what PCH has been doing at MAE-West for a bit over two years. It works great; extremely low investment, unmeasurably low flappage, and good fast routes. I'd give unqualified encouragement to other folks to do exactly the same thing at other peering points.

I encourage this idea. It wouldn't be useful at the ATM-NAPs, would it? What about transit to other metro exchanges? I thought that PCH was also handling that? Could you give the group details on your model? Will it scale? And then there was the issue of "new ISP education" that we talked about at AA Nanog. PCH does that, too, out of pure self interest (those unmeasurably low flapping rates). A great combination! WSimpson@UMich.edu Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32 BSimpson@MorningStar.com Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2