How to choose a transit provider?

Sat Dec 15 15:49:21 UTC 2018

I would actually venture to say the contrary. An IX should be the last item
on your list since it only really makes sense at a certain scale and if you
can make use of the providers on it.

Most of the networks you'll have trouble getting to via transit providers
are that way because of how they do business, which also means hardly any
of them peer at IXes. I'd say a network should have a least 3 good transits
before considering an IX. Even then it's not so black and white. If after
your first transit provider is installed and you set up your flow
monitoring, you notice most of your traiffic is going to/coming from ASNs
that peer on your local exchanges, then it absolutely makes sense to open a
connection right then.

IX links aren't a whole lot cheaper than transit (sometimes they cost more
depending on how hard it is to get to them) and many networks will benefit
from a more diverse blend of transits than IX peering regardless of what
they're doing. IXes are extremely important to the internet at large, but
they're not for everyone.

-Matt

On Dec 15, 2018 10:27, "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

I think it'll depend on your target customer. Residential eyeball? Being on
an IX is more important at nearly any size than which transit you choose.
Even a good-sized residential eyeball (say 10k and up subs) can be good
with Cogent\IX\one other transit.

Hosting and enterprise-focused ISPs will need to diversify their transit
providers more.

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*From: *"Mehmet Akcin" <mehmet at akcin.net>
*To: *"nanog" <nanog at nanog.org>
*Sent: *Friday, December 14, 2018 9:21:59 AM
*Subject: *How to choose a transit provider?

Hello there,

I have started writing a blog which I hope it would help buy transit
services from providers by doing various due diligences(technical) i wanted
to reach out and ask nanog community’s thoughts on this.

What are some of your checklist items ? Price? Their directly peered
networks? If they are tier 2,3 who they use as tier 1-2? Are the onnet? I
am sure list goes on and on on...

Thanks a lot for your help. I plan to write the blog this month and publish.

Mehmet
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