On 2011-03-21, at 16:32, Richard Barnes wrote: > I'm wondering impressions people have of EMXI. I can't tell from the > their website whether they're an exchange or a transit provider. > Their website says that they facilitate peering, but it's not clear to > me how that works -- can I talk BGP directly with my peer, or does it > all go through EMIX? Is there additional cost per peer?
My information is a number of years old. My understanding is/was that EMIX is the wholesale arm of Etisalat. It's not an exchange point in any conventional, layer-2 sense; rather it's one of the few (perhaps the only) transit provider in UAE who is licenced to provide international Internet service. This has the side-effect of keeping UAE-sourced traffic local since everybody there winds up being a customer, one way or another. The EMIX people I worked with back in the day were knowledgable and efficient. Joe _______________________________________________ Menog mailing list [email protected] http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog
