That depends on your corporate needs for power, security, remote hands, etc. The extended services found at Equinix & PAIX are very important for many networks.
-ren At 08:00 AM 5/17/2002 -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote: >What about NYIIX/6IIX? >Being in Telehouse where there are no monthly fees for for cross-connects >gives it a financial advantage over Equinix. > >Ralph Doncaster >principal, IStop.com >div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc. > >On Fri, 17 May 2002, ren wrote: > > > > > Hi Iljitsch, > > > > I would not consider Sprint NAP, a place closed to new customers for > > several years, an important interconnect location in the US. ATM based > IXs > > are not as participant rich as they were 2-3 years ago. > > > > The fastest growing US interconnect locations are cross-connect > > enabled. PAIX & Equinix. Equinix-Ashburn, PAIX-Seattle, Equinix-Newark > > and Equinix-Dallas and others have seen participation grow with a diverse > > blend of traffic from cable operators, telcos and content providers. > > > > Tier-1 means what? Look for growing sources of traffic. > > > > Your mileage may vary, -ren > > > > At 11:48 AM 5/17/2002 +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > > > > >A bunch of us are thinking about multihoming solutions for IPv6. For this > > >purpose, it is useful to know a bit more about how actual networks (rather > > >than the ones existing only as ASCII drawings) interconnect. So: > > > > > >- What are the 12 - 18 most important interconnect locations in the world? > > > MAE East, the Ameritech, Sprint and PacBell NAPs, PAIX, LINX and AMS-IX > > > come to mind, but from where I'm sitting it's hard to judge whether > > > others are important or marginal. > > > > > >- To how many of them do typical tier-1 and tier-2 networks connect? > > > > > >- Using private or public interconnects? > > > > > >