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> > I think the argument is undermined by the fact that peering in Europe is > > in a fairly dismal state. Were there a MAE-{London, Paris, Prague} I > > somehow think that the big five at least might throw a T3 or two over. > > "MAE London" is called the LINX and the T3s have been thrown over. > > We peer with 30 other networks at the LINX in London, including GSL > (Sprintlink), Pipex (uu.net), and EUnet GB (AKA PSI). If you watch the There is interesting question - does SprintLink use this peering for the traffic _from USA_ to _you_, or for it's UK customers only? We have one example - there is Relcom there, and we are presented on our M9-IX exchange point. New provider (small-small there, XXX Global Networks, the Russian branch) asks us to make peering with them. We asked - if this allow us to get traffic _from_ and _to_ XXX Global via this link - _no, this will be peering with russian branch only_ was the answer. Guess what have we answered? /it's not important what really XXX was/ > Someone more cynical than I might even say that the US company has used > the UK company's money to buy the UK company. > -- > Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 > http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684 > > --- Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 239-10-10, N 13729 (pager) (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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