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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: a little thought on exchanging traffic
On Tuesday, May 19, 1998 5:03 PM [email protected] wrote : >Subject: a little thought on exchanging traffic >Anyone thought about eliminating large physical exchange points and replacing >them with a more distributed architecture? Actually, this is a good idea, if the co-location or adequate locations to place access equipment and transit routers can be found in the area, or build-out for each provider is an option. If I could charge for the cross-metro transit at say, $1000/month for a dedicated T3, do you think that the concept of a carrier hotel would go away? If so, which cities should be first (like toasting MAE-EAST?)? On a similiar note, what if a company were to create a "virtual exchange point", where backbone providers could order service anywhere in the country and get transit to their peers elsewhere for a flat rate. IE, if I run a 4xOC-12c ATM network nationwide, and let transit occur between peers over it rather than at a co-lo facility. I can imagine charging around 5K a month for a DS3 circuit with PVC's to around 5 peers. Opinions anyone? (VC anyone?) Jonathan Arneault Director of Business Development CMA / INet Solutions Division 518.783.9003 x 253
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