Open Peers at PAIX

Thu Jun 28 20:03:54 UTC 2001

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Christian Nielsen wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:
> 
> > These are the only large service provider networks I see listed.
> > AboveNet would probably peer with a bum on the street outside PAIX if
> > he could speak BGP, but AFAIK GBLX's requirements were at least 3
> > locations and bi-costal at a minimium. If I remember correctly Exodus
> > is also slightly picky about its "ghetto peers", probably falling
> > somewhere the middle of the other two.
> 
> come on richard... you know that Exodus has an open peering policy... :)

Peering sluts?

> > Seems almost all the larger service providers are requiring at least
> > bi-costal these days.
> 
> which isnt that much of a big deal today. x-country oc3s are what, 10k per
> month now?

And GRE is free... A lesson a couple of those bicostal peers on that list
have taught us. :P

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