>> So yes: "YMMV". Mileage varies quite a good chunk across the sort of >> provider profile you see at IXPs. Don't write off something which makes >> plenty of sense for a small organisation just because it makes almost none >> for a large one. > To coin a phrase. rubbish! > This model works irrespective of network size.
Actually, it doesn’t - as evidenced by the massive reseller growth at AMS-IX of smaller ASNs (they’re up to 659 connected now) since introduction of the reseller programme. I share many of your concerns - the 30,000ft view - about shared fates and the variety of other problems partner programmes and l2 interconnections bring; but I think, having spent a decade running networks at large telcos, you don’t appreciate the market other networks operate in. This model works very well for hundreds of networks. Today's peering networks are more diverse than ever. -- Will Hargrave +44 114 303 4444
