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

Sat Jul 3 22:38:43 UTC 2004

On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 01:39:03PM -0700, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:

> 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.

Though that's true, the SIX has been extremely reliable: one unscheduled
core outage in the last 3 years (about 30 minutes due to power loss).  In
one other case, an extension switch (7 peers) was disconnected for about 30
minutes to troubleshoot a potential problem.

Peer-operated extension switches have also been very reliable.  Most 
are above 99.9% availability including scheduled maintenance and 99.99% for
unscheduled problems.

The SIX's staffed 24x7 NOC lets peers treat it like any other carrier
relationship, with one phone number to report a problem.  Often the ops
staff at national networks never know the SIX is non-profit or
donation-supported.

Peers of all sizes seem happy with the reliability.  Everyone has
open-posting mailing lists and an annual opportunity to elect the Board of
Directors, so there is recourse if circumstances change.

Cheers,

Troy
(SIX janitor)