Hi Guys,

Citylink have been in the process of refreshing it's core infrastructure over the last few months. The big nodes for us in Auckland are Kingston and 220 Queen for many of the reasons that folks have already outlined. That's not to say Sky Tower is not important to us - it's just got different (ahem) qualities.�� So from Citylink's perspective 220 Queen is good. The sales guys tell me there's a bit of space at Kingston too.

Having said that we're always focussed on making the APE a distributed exchange point so in reality it shouldn't really matter where you are (inside the footprint of course). I guess you'd just need to weigh up whether being able to shop around for colocation and all of it's associated costs and the benefits that brings vs the cost of APE connectivity. Simply put we think the cost of making the wrong choice for colocation will outweigh any APE stuff.

Others have mentioned Mayoral Drive too. Falling out of the NZNOG conference this year was a message to get APE in there. We're working on that. Because we try to keep the cost of delivery low, we're having to be a little creative - essentially allowing us to set up crossconnects from an APE switch inside the site when we've been hosted by a 3rd party. Last time I spoke to someone at Chorus about this they said it wouldn't be until October until they could get into that.

Others have also mentioned a cost difference that is largely there for historical reasons. Citylink are actually looking at normalising the pricing across the APE to make it fairer for everyone. That's inline with our aim to have a distributed IXP so that it really doesn't matter where you are.

It'd be neat to see a list of locations around Auckland and who is where. That'll help us to make sure the APE is where you need it to be.

Cheers

jamie


On 16 June 2014 12:08, McDonald Richards <McDonald.Richards@vocus.com.au> wrote:
I would think 220 Queen Street would be the logical one for that reason? The bar is set pretty high for entry into Mayoral Drive���

Macca


From: Tony Wicks <tony@wicks.co.nz>
Date: Monday, 16 June 2014 10:05 AM
To: 'Simon Allard' <Simon.Allard@team.orcon.net.nz>
Cc: 'nznog' <nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: [nznog] Power event in sky tower

If there is going to be a realistic alternative site it needs to cater to the smaller ���community cabinet��� customers and have a connect via whatever method suits you attitude. Mayoral drive is the polar opposite of this.

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From: nznog-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Simon Allard
Sent: Monday, 16 June 2014 12:00 p.m.
To: nznog
Subject: Re: [nznog] Power event in sky tower

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Mayoral Drive Exchange seems to be the other place to be, but Citylink have no POP there, which is a shame.

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From:nznog-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz [mailto:nznog-bounces@list.waikato.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Dean Pemberton
Sent: Monday, 16 June 2014 11:46 a.m.
To: Joel
Cc: nznog
Subject: Re: [nznog] Power event in sky tower

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Sounds like a good suggestion. ��Citylink? ��Care to comment?

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And yes, everyone is there today... ��but if you want things to change then you do need to start a process. ��

Whats a better place in Auckland which we could start to work towards?

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On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Joel <joel@hd.net.nz> wrote:



Someone from Citylink may like to confirm what I have said.

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