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> 3) As time passes, more providers either understand > the benefits of > peering at an exchange point versus paying > ${UPSTREAM} to provide transit > for all of their traffic, or their traffic levels > grow to the point (see > point 1) where peering at ${EXCHANGE} begins to make > financial sense. > Most providers lack the levels of traffic or the > geographic footprint to > peer with the big guys (UUNET, Sprint, AT&T, CW, > Genuity, etc), who > typically build private interconnections with each > other in multiple > geographically diverse areas. Private interconnects > are normally not cost > effective for service providers who don't satisfy > those criteria, so for > them, peering at exchange points is more > financially/technically > attractive. > Is there a need for additional IXs or are there too many today and some should be consolidated or shut down altogether? If there is a need for new IXs, where do you put them? Who decides where to build a new IX and how do you get service providers to show up there once it is built? Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
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