28 Mar
2007
28 Mar
'07
6:59 a.m.
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, joshua sahala wrote:
what is your definition of "neutral peering" in this case?
"I pay for my circuit to the XYZ IX, you pay for yours, we exchange route advertisements, traffic follows the shortest route..." As opposed to "I pay for a circuit to you, you pay for a circuit to me..."
settlement-free interconnect is never free (as in beer), there is always CAPEX/OPEX involved (hardware, MRC, power, NOC, etc).
Oh, that much is obvious. But paying for a circuit to a peering point, maybe with fees charged by the IX to cover the cost of running it (power, etc), is far different to paying for a circuit into the network of each and every provider with which you peer. -- Matthew Poole "Don't use force. Get a bigger hammer."