On 27/06/2007, at 12:46 AM, Anton Smith wrote:
Basically Telecom saying they would establish 29 regional points of interconnection, where providers could interconnect with them.
The article mentions paying for a circuit into Telecom's network, with them reciprocating a circuit back (in the case of an ethernet interconnect, does this mean paying half each?).
I'm a little confused by some of the terminology being used and exactly what that will mean - hopefully when a few more specifics come out it will make a little more sense. In the case of reciprocating a circuit back, does that mean you end up with two circuits between parties? Or you end up with two unidirectional circuits? I suspect this in fact means each party is responsible for getting to the peering point, wherever that may end up being.
I am also wondering if any of these "regional points of interconnection" will be at the existing IXs, and in which case it doesn't seem that either Telecom or the other provider should have to pay anything for interconnect.
What's the current word on the street? Has anybody engaged Telecom over this, or know what stage they are at?
There's quite a lot of work going on between InternetNZ, ISPANZ, and Telecom on this. Believe it or not, things are actually looking quite promising.
On another note, it seems funny that I am almost scared to post to nznog these days given the recent 'moderation by the people' ;).
NZNOG is not for telling people how scared you are to post to the list! Cheers, Jonny.