On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 09:28:50AM -0400, Tim Durack wrote:

Any experience/comments on the GTT Global eXpress service? Looks interesting but odd. Why would I use a virtual IXP? Who participates?

Comments on-list or off-list are fine.

This was an old PacketExchange service, essentially just a single large VPLS-based global layer 2 virtual IXP service, which combined long-haul transport and multi-party interconnection. It's somewhat interesting as a concept (since I'm not aware of anyone else offering anything similar), but IMHO not the most practical thing in the world, which is why it hasn't really been promoted as a new product in many years. If you've heard differently, please contact me off-list. :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)