florida ix(en) facing south

Fri Jan 5 01:06:15 UTC 2001

>> My point is -- it is important to whom do you peer at NAP,
>> not who is your "real estate" landlord.
> 
>   if you don't care how often the L2 thing goes down, how
>   knowledgeable the person that picks up the phone is, or
>   how long it takes to figure out the difference between
>   single- and multi-mode fiber.
> 
>   i won't call them clueless, or insinuate that either of
>   the IX operators discussed here are, but...  yes, it does
>   matter whether or not they are knowledgeable folks on the
>   technology side, and yes, i want them to understand IP
>   traffic, traffic queuing, capacity planning, congestion
>   issues, scaling, platforms, and other things that Internet
>   providers need to discuss with them.
> 
>   luckily, while some of the players down in Miami may
>   have interests in a Miami IX from the real estate side,
>   i don't think either of them are proposing having a
>   bricklayer or handyman configuring the L2 gear.
> 
>   still though, none of that matters if the set of folks
>   that i want to connect to aren't present there with the
>   parts [not just transit] of their network that i want to
>   connect to-- so that's what i am interested in knowing at
>   the moment.
> 
>   i am also quite interested in knowing what the 'familiar'
>   folks' (i.e., Equinix, Worldcom, etc.) positions are on
>   developing an exchange in that region, and would welcome
>   their stepping up to the demand.  (either in this forum
>   or directly.)

both ears and the tail.  heck, i'll throw in a back haunch.

randy