interconnection costs

Thu Dec 24 02:13:02 UTC 2015

On 24 December 2015 at 03:04, <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:39:11 -0800, Reza Motamedi said:
> > Aren't availability, guaranteed service and remote hands an incentive to
> do
> > peering inside a third party colocation?
>
> Sure.  But there are places in the US where you have to decide whether the
> cost of lighting 300 miles of fiber to the colo is worth the benefits, when
> the other option is lighting fiber to a street cabinet across town.
>

Also remember that 300 miles of fiber is going to go through a dozen of
street cabinets to get there.

Regards,

Baldur