I was neither defending, nor advocating the placement, merely attempting to document some of the history.
Owen > On Nov 15, 2019, at 15:20 , Javier J <jav...@advancedmachines.us> wrote: > > I would think that just a few extra fractions of a second from the cable > station to a DC/IX are better than a DC/IX near the beach where water can > wipe it all out. Preferably DC/IX should be on the 2nd or third floor IMHO on > some islands. > > - J > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:11 PM Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com > <mailto:o...@delong.com>> wrote: > Some Caribbean islands had IXs in landing stations early on IIRC. Usually > before the island built it’s first datacenter. > > Some of them were better/faster about moving to the datacenter once it was > established than others. > > Owen > > >> On Nov 15, 2019, at 01:47 , Martijn Schmidt via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org >> <mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> wrote: >> >> I think AMS-IX had an exchange in Mombasa in the SEACOM landing station at >> some point, but that is gone now. I'm not sure about the exact reasons there >> but someone here probably knows what happened. >> >> There's also a big amount of carriers in the TATA landing station in Mumbai, >> it is the second-largest in that market just behind GPX in terms of carrier >> density at least according to PeeringDB. >> >> Best regards, >> Martijn >> >> On 11/15/19 3:58 AM, Mehmet Akcin wrote: >>> Hey there >>> >>> I have been putting my thoughts on Infrapedia blog and sharing with folks >>> like >>> >>> https://www.infrapedia.com/post/top20cities-datacenters >>> <https://www.infrapedia.com/post/top20cities-datacenters> >>> >>> I am working on a new article and this time my topic will be looking at >>> cable landing stations(cls). Do you consider cable landing stations as a >>> datacenter? Do you have any experience deploying a pop in CLS? Are you able >>> to share (on or off record) your experience which I can refer as your >>> experience (good or bad) why deploying a pop inside a CLS is good or bad >>> idea. Any additional comments.. >>> >>> I am not a big fan of CLS deployments. They have limited networks ( like >>> only carriers and no eyeballs) and very expensive connectivity (usually) >>> >>> Thank you in advance sharing your experience >>> >>> Mehmet >>> >>> -- >>> Mehmet >>> +1-424-298-1903 >> >
