concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering point speed publicly available?]

Sat Jul 3 20:39:03 UTC 2004

beware.  six is funny.  it's in seattle's carrier hotel, the
westin, 32 floors of racks, more colo providers than fleas on a
dawg, and very very low inter-suite fiber rates from the
building owners.  so, though the six does have a core, it is
also kinda splattered into switches all over the building; with
ease of connection and low cost being achieved at the expense
of reliability.

and costs are distributed along with the six infrastructure.
so colo provider A may have a switch and charge $a to access
it, while colo provider B may charge $b, where $b != $a.

for a small local exchange this is ok, even cool.  i would not
want to do similarly in virginmania or palo attitude, and i
would not join the six if i was a major player (only a research
rack is on the six).  my internal indirect costs would not be
worth the traffic shed.

randy