Amazon Peering

Wed Jan 30 15:45:29 UTC 2019

Similar experiences here with Amazon.  Initially had semi-regular responses
from their peering team, they issued LOAs, I ordered the x-connects and
then radio silence for months.
At the point now where I'm disconnecting x-connects since it's a waste of
money.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:49 AM Brooks Swinnerton <bswinnerton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I also saw sessions come up this weekend, no routes yet though.
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 4:56 PM Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>
>> Mike-
>>
>> Definitely moving forward now. Someone from Amazon was working with my
>> peering group and things started coming up this weekend, so it seems like
>> they're catching up pretty good now.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:45 PM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Let us know your success as well. I'll hold off following up on my
>>> requests until I see that other people are successful. I don't want to
>>> contribute to flooding them with requests.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Mike Hammett
>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>
>>> Midwest-IX
>>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"Tom Beecher" <beecher at beecher.cc>
>>> *To: *"Jason Lixfeld" <jason+nanog at lixfeld.ca>
>>> *Cc: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
>>> *Sent: *Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:38:51 PM
>>> *Subject: *Re: Amazon Peering
>>>
>>> Thanks Jason. I'll have my peering team take another crack at reaching
>>> out and see what happens. Appreciate it!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:21 PM Jason Lixfeld <jason+nanog at lixfeld.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We circled back with them yesterday on a request we made in late
>>>> November where at the time they said they wouldn’t be turned up until 2019
>>>> due to holiday network change freeze.
>>>>
>>>> They responded within about 4 hours, thanked us for our patience and
>>>> understanding and said we should expect them to be turned up in about 6
>>>> weeks, which is apparently their typical timing.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 24, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I hate to necro-thread , but has anyone seen any movement from Amazon
>>>> on this? I just got a Strongly Worded Message about it, and according to my
>>>> peering team , it's been radio silence for months.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 12:32 PM JASON BOTHE via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This is a note I received on Oct18 when checking on a peering request
>>>>> submitted on Aug7..
>>>>>
>>>>> “Apologies for the delays here. We have temporarily frozen IX peering
>>>>> as we revise some of our automation processes. I’m hopeful this will be
>>>>> unblocked by early November. Thank you for your continued patience.”
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 24, 2018, at 10:59, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl at mnwifi.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems wasteful for Amazon to connect to an IX but then ignore
>>>>> peering requests for a year.
>>>>>
>>>>> They have 40G of connectivity but are unresponsive. I'll try emailing
>>>>> all the other contacts listed in peeringdb.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:38 AM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've e-mailed my contacts there a couple times on people's behalf. No
>>>>>> response yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems like a lot of organizations need 1 more person in their
>>>>>> peering departments.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Midwest-IX
>>>>>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From: *"Darin Steffl" <darin.steffl at mnwifi.com>
>>>>>> *To: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
>>>>>> *Sent: *Friday, November 23, 2018 10:21:51 PM
>>>>>> *Subject: *Amazon Peering
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone have a direct contact to get a peering session
>>>>>> established with Amazon at an IX? I sent a peering request Dec 2017 and two
>>>>>> more times this Sept and Nov with no response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I sent to peering at amazon.com and received one automated response
>>>>>> back so I know they received my email but nothing since.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Darin Steffl
>>>>>> Minnesota WiFi
>>>>>> www.mnwifi.com
>>>>>> 507-634-WiFi
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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