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On Nov 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Niels Bakker wrote: * [email protected] (Patrick W. Gilmore) [Mon 01 Dec 2008, 02:34 CET]:On Nov 28, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Jean-François Mezei wrote:The advantage of this swedish data centre is that even if its location is well known, it is pretty hard to harm the building. You can't run a truck full of explosives into it for instance. I didn't say it would stop everyone. Of course some people will not be deterred, but some absolutely have. And most people are uninterested in the "box full of advantages it gives the IXP operator". Further, I would submit the "box full of advantages" are ephemeral at best, and arguably imaginary. Name another major IXP anywhere on the planet that has ever had a single issue NetNod's model would have avoided. Now compare that to forcing every single participant to use unknown fiber paths into an unknown facility. When are these fibers groomed, and onto which unknown paths? Which fiber maintenance schedules might impact me without my knowledge? Which construction projects elsewhere in the city might take me down and there's no way for me to even predict that? Etc., etc. I would prefer to take my chances with the known quantity, thankyouverymuch. Feel free to do with your network as you please. -- TTFN, patrick P.S. The demarcation point thing is pure BS and you know it.
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