On 16 Apr 2015, at 08:00, Tore Anderson <t...@fud.no> wrote: > * Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> > >> On 16/Apr/15 07:25, Tore Anderson wrote: >>> We're in a similar situation here; transit prices has come down so >>> much in recent years (while IX fees are indeed stagnant) that I am >>> certain that if I were to cut all peering and buy everything from a >>> regional tier-2 instead, I'd be lowering my total MRC somewhat, >>> without really reducing connectivity quality to my (former) peers. >> >> I wouldn't say exchange point prices are stagnant, per se. They may >> remain the same, but what goes up is the port bandwidth. It's not >> directly linear, but you get my point. >> >> Again, the burden is on the peering members to extract the most out of >> their peering links by having as much peering as possible. > > You appear to be assuming that an IP transit port is more expensive > then an IXP port with the same speed. That doesn't seem to always be > the case anymore, at least not in all parts of the world, and I expect > this trend to continue - transit prices seems to go down almost on a > monthly basis, while the price lists of the two closest IXPs to where > I'm sitting are dated 2011 and 2013, respectively. > > Even if the transit port itself remains slightly more expensive than > the IXP port like in the example Baldur showed, the no-peering > alternative might still be cheaper overall because even if you're > peering most of your traffic you'll still need to pay a nonzero amount > for a (smaller or less utilised) transit port anyway. > > Tore
Pricing at LINX here in the UK has definitely dropped over the past few years. Back in 2011, the membership fee was £1500/year and it's now £1200/year. 1G ports were £391/month on the first London LAN and £335/month on the second London LAN. They're now free on both LANs for the first port and then £270/month and £180/month respectively for additional ports. You can also get a free 1G port on each of the Manchester UK, Cardiff UK, Edinburgh UK and North Virginia/Washington DC USA LANs as part of the same membership fee (none of these additional LANs existed in 2011). 10G ports were £1463/month on the first London LAN and £1250/month on the second London LAN. They're now £1030/month and £785/month respectively. So that's what, a 20% reduction in membership fees and a 30% or higher (depending on the service) reduction in port fees in 4 years? I don't have any quantifiable data on what has happened to IP transit costs over the same period, but for a point comparison I'd say that off the top of my head you can get a 1G CDR on a 10G port from a tier-1 provider in London for approximately the same cost as a 10G port at LINX these days, maybe slightly cheaper. Edward Dore Freethought Internet
