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Who is currently exchanging traffic there ? Damian Michael Gibson wrote: > CANIX is a co-operative peering point for National Canadian Traffic. > > Currently, they are seven national ISPs exchanging traffic at that point. > > Mike Gibson - Netcom Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: Damian O'Gorman <[email protected]> > To: Sean Donelan <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: 5/26/1998 17:31 > Subject: Re: different thinking on exchanging traffic > > >> Of course, not every local ISP participates. The state subsidized > >> education network doesn't connect, nor do some the dialup ISPs. But > >> it gets a reasonable level of support from several of the larger > >> area providers. > >> > > > >The same type of project was attemted in Toronto. CANIX was essentially set > >upto cross connect traffic rather than having to traverse the entire US > >network to get > >to the other side of Toronto. The problem was, it became an exclusive > >bilateral peering > >arrangemt with 6 players. That was 1 1/2 years ago. Currently only 2 are > >peered. What in fact was the point. UUnet and Sprint were the big players > up > >here and nobody appears to want to cooperate. > > > >> But exchange points are one of those weird creatures. If I'm paying > >> a big expensive backbone, why would I get anything from a local exchange > >> point? And of course, the ever popular "What's the catch?" Since > >> local exchange points are generally run on a non-profit basis, that > >> means there isn't a large marketing organization, or a huge gaggle of > >> salespeople trying to sell it. If you like, we can call it a "managed > >> connection" and charge you $1,000/month. But that seems steep for > >> essentially a port on a catalyst switch. > >> > >> > > > >Damian O'Gorman > > > >
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