Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-21 Thread Terence Giufre-Sweetser
> I know of 323 IXes today. > http://www.pch.net/documents/data/exchange-points/ep-in-addrs.xls Good to see AusBONE there, however it does seem that your recent public comments on AusBONE may need some clarification, specially when you have not bothered to seek any information from the people r

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-20 Thread Jon Bennett
> you may want to investigate the likely impact of the > "strategic peering initative". this will surely > have an > influence on where smaller providers decide to > maintain > a presence. this, in turn, will dictate which ixp > locations/companies will survive. > Does anyone have any new in

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Lane Patterson
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:53:23AM -0800, Jon Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a need for additional IXs or are there too > many today and some should be consolidated or shut > down altogether? If there is a need for new IXs, where > do you put them? Who decides where to buil

RE: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Jeroen Massar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > which is linked from the www.ep.net site... :) > > > > But: > > > > > http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Protocols/IP/IPng/IPv6_Internet_Excha nges/ > > > > Isn't listed there though :( > > > > And it lists afaik all, native IPv6 E

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread bmanning
> > > > > which is linked from the www.ep.net site... :) > > But: > > http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Protocols/IP/IPng/IPv6_Internet_Excha > nges/ > > Isn't listed there though :( > > And it lists afaik all, native IPv6 Exchange Points... more IPv6 stuff > in the directory above it.

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread William Allen Simpson
"Streiner, Justin" wrote: > > > If there is a need for new IXs, where do you put them? Who decides > > where to build a new IX and how do you get service providers to show up > > there once it is built? > > These days, that can be a chicken-and-egg question. There really isn't a > formalized p

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Bill Woodcock
> > I know of 323 IXes today. > > http://www.pch.net/documents/data/exchange-points/ep-in-addrs.xls > > Well, this is one place where we diverge... :) > I'd state that there are 323 prefixes in use at exchanges > but that there are somewhat fewer switch fabrics in pl

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread bmanning
Yo, Bill (sleepy) > I know of 323 IXes today. > http://www.pch.net/documents/data/exchange-points/ep-in-addrs.xls Well, this is one place where we diverge... :) I'd state that there are 323 prefixes in use at exchanges but that there are somewhat fewer switch fabrics in

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Paul Vixie
> > you know who to yell at. > > Until MFN sells them in coming months in their attempts to pay off > billions of dollars of debt... No change is expected in "who you yell at if PAIX isn't doing a good job." (That is, "me.") -- Paul Vixie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> President, PAIX.Net Inc. (NASD:MFN

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Streiner, Justin
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Andy Dills wrote: > This industry is so far in the shitter...so many of the big names, > including players from the early days, are in chapter 11 or about to be. I'm honestly surprised that I haven't had someone try to offer me a 'genuine steal' on 20-year IRUs in awhile ;-

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Andy Dills
On 19 Mar 2002, Paul Vixie wrote: > > > As for your question re: PAIX, it is a well-engineered exchange point that > > has been around for a long time, with an extensive member list. That, > > plus whatever revenue stream PAIX has would probably make an attractive > > acquisition for several co

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Bill Woodcock
> Is there a need for additional IXs or are there too > many today and some should be consolidated or shut > down altogether? If there is a need for new IXs, where > do you put them? Who decides where to build a new IX > and how do you get service providers to show up there

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Paul Vixie
> Is there a need for additional IXs or are there too > many today and some should be consolidated or shut > down altogether? If there is a need for new IXs, where > do you put them? Who decides where to build a new IX > and how do you get service providers to show up there > once it is built? S

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread bmanning
> At 12:24 pm -0500 19/3/02, Streiner, Justin wrote: > >http://www.ep.net/ lists many exchange points around the world, large and > >small. > > And for European IXPs there is now an association: > > http://www.euro-ix.net/ > > Which has details of the member exchanges. > > f >

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Paul Vixie
> As for your question re: PAIX, it is a well-engineered exchange point that > has been around for a long time, with an extensive member list. That, > plus whatever revenue stream PAIX has would probably make an attractive > acquisition for several companies. Thank you for those kind words. An

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Ariel Biener
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Streiner, Justin wrote: Hi, I don't know if the question was mainly intended towards the american based IXes. If so, then the below may be of little interest. If not, please read on. There are scenarios when IXes are built and maintained by a non-profit bo

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Fearghas McKay
At 12:24 pm -0500 19/3/02, Streiner, Justin wrote: >http://www.ep.net/ lists many exchange points around the world, large and >small. And for European IXPs there is now an association: http://www.euro-ix.net/ Which has details of the member exchanges. f

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Rich Fulton
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Jon Bennett wrote: > Is there a need for additional IXs or are there too > many today and some should be consolidated or shut > down altogether? If there is a need for new IXs, where > do you put them? Who decides where to build a new IX > and how do you get service provider

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Streiner, Justin
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Chris Adams wrote: > I would think that, depending on who bought/merged with who, traffic may > decrease as the networks are merged. After all, there was some amount > of traffic between those networks that probably passed through an > exchange point somewhere that is now b

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Streiner, Justin
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Jon Bennett wrote: > > > 3) As time passes, more providers either understand > > the benefits of > > peering at an exchange point versus paying > > ${UPSTREAM} to provide transit > > for all of their traffic, or their traffic levels > > grow to the point (see > > point 1) wh

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Jon Bennett
> 3) As time passes, more providers either understand > the benefits of > peering at an exchange point versus paying > ${UPSTREAM} to provide transit > for all of their traffic, or their traffic levels > grow to the point (see > point 1) where peering at ${EXCHANGE} begins to make > financial s

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 12:46:57PM +0100, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > > This hasn't happened. However, the reasoning still stands: why buy rack > space in a remote place and go through all kinds of trouble to install a > router there, if you can easily use some kind of switched/multiplexed > s

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Jake Khuon
### On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:46:57 +0100 (CET), Iljitsch van Beijnum ### <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> casually decided to expound upon Jon Bennett ### <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the following thoughts about "Re: Internet ### Exchange Questions": IvB> This hasn't happened. However, t

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Jon Bennett wrote: > I am a business school student studying the state of the telecom sector > and specifically the Internet infrastructure. I am currently trying to > understand the role the IX such as PAIX, Equinix, Telehouse, etc.. will > play in the future where the numb

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 04:40:20PM -0800, Jon Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 21 lines which said: > buy PAIX and if there is a way to continue to make money selling > cross connects in the future. Not all exchange points are built with the idea of making money. Some are grat

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-19 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 10:53:04PM -0500, Streiner, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 72 lines which said: > Most providers lack the levels of traffic or the geographic footprint to > peer with the big guys (UUNET, Sprint, AT&T, CW, Genuity, etc), who > typically build private int

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-18 Thread Martin
$author = "Streiner, Justin" ; > > it stands to reason that the amount of traffic present at an exchange point > should remain relatively constant on average, and probably grow. someone already mentioned the possibility of traffic that previously traversed the IX now being interprovider due t

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-18 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Streiner, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > My thoughts on the subject are: > 1) While the number of service providers (ISPs, MSPs, ASPs, for marketing buzzword>SPs, etc) appears to be on the the decline, it > stands to reason that the amount of traffic present at an exchange

Re: Internet Exchange Questions

2002-03-18 Thread Streiner, Justin
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Jon Bennett wrote: > I am a business school student studying the state of the telecom sector > and specifically the Internet infrastructure. I am currently trying to > understand the role the IX such as PAIX, Equinix, Telehouse, etc.. will > play in the future where the numb