Completely agree with this, we joined LINX to peer with another network, and they suggested LINX was the cheapest way to go (for them) so it wasn't a waste of money for us either way, however we were also impressed by the number of routes claimed by LINX. On the latest 'HotLINX' newsletter it suggests over 400k routes available, but you won't get anywhere near that. Most operators don't even respond to peering requests, and those that do claim we should be buying transit off of them rather than peering with them. Sometimes it feels a bit like you are dealing with the old boys club of ISP's!! Our traffic is symmetrical as its all VOIP so not like peering with us is a one sided arrangement.
Not complaining by the way, LINX is good for picking up traffic from a lot of UK ISP's, we pick up a lot of the xDSL etc traffic - with VOIP the shortest path is always preferable - so it's more of an adjustment of expectations. I have mentioned to LINX before about the accuracy of the figures they publish... W > -----Original Message----- > From: uknof [mailto:uknof-boun...@lists.uknof.org.uk] On Behalf Of Marty > Strong > Posted At: 17 September 2015 14:55 > Posted To: UKNOF > Conversation: [uknof] Cheap transit, Meridian Gate > Subject: Re: [uknof] Cheap transit, Meridian Gate > > Precisely. > > On the LINX RSes I see approximately 76k routes, falls far short of the 460k > figure that you’d need to peer with EVERYBODY to get :D > > Regards, > Marty Strong > -------------------------------------- > CloudFlare - AS13335 > Network Engineer > ma...@cloudflare.com > +65 9178 8502 SG > +44 7584 906 055 UK > smartflare (Skype) > > http://www.peeringdb.com/view.php?asn=13335 > > > On 17 Sep 2015, at 20:40, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 17/Sep/15 11:04, Marty Strong wrote: > > > >> This is all however going on the assumption that when joining an IXP the > ASNs your traffic is destined to/from that the ISP in question or their > upstream is willing to peer with you on a settlement free basis. > > > > Or that they are even present at the exchange point you're connecting to. > > > > Mark. >
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