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Dave Rand wrote: > [In the message entitled "Re: NAP Architecture" on Oct 29, 9:06, the > Riz writes:] > > > > This *is* becoming more popular; in the US, the main problem is that > many > > (most?) of the exchange points are operated by telcos, who are > tariffed. > > This means that any connection between separate entities is a > "circuit" > > that they must charge a certain minimum amount for. As more telcos > manage > > to move their exchange point operations into the non-regulated > portion of > > their respected businesses, this may change, and exchanges are > currently > > being built by non-telco entities, which are allowed to have more > > reasonable charges to connect cages in the same facility together. > > (Disclaimer: in my other life, I work for one such facility... the > PAIX in > > Palo Alto) > > > > I'm confused. PAIX charges a similar amount ($1000/mo) for dry copper > > between two consenting parties at PAIX. Again, for $27 worth of wire, > > and $300 worth of labour? This is reasonable? > > IMHO, $50/month is reasonable for copper cross-connects, with a $300 > installation charge. Even $100 per month. But $1000? You could always go wireless and not tell anybody ;-) In fact, if the traffic were not too bad a few interconnects could sit on a small wireless LAN nicely.... Is that $1000 a MONTH or just a one-off installation charge? > -- > Dave Rand > [email protected] > http://www.bungi.com -- Leigh Porter - Wisper Bandwidth Plc - http://www.wisper.net GeekCode - http://saratoga.wisper.net:9999/~leigh/ Set UR PC 3 - http://www.linux.org
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