Amazon Peering

Thu Jan 24 20:13:46 UTC 2019

We've been waiting since December 2017 with multiple followup. Their most
recent response said that February would probably be when they turn us up,
15 months after our first request.

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 1:46 PM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net wrote:

> Let us know your success as well. I'll hold off following up on my
> requests until I see that other people are successful. I don't want to
> contribute to flooding them with requests.
>
>
>
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
>
> Midwest-IX
> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>
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> *From: *"Tom Beecher" <beecher at beecher.cc>
> *To: *"Jason Lixfeld" <jason+nanog at lixfeld.ca>
> *Cc: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> *Sent: *Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:38:51 PM
> *Subject: *Re: Amazon Peering
>
> Thanks Jason. I'll have my peering team take another crack at reaching out
> and see what happens. Appreciate it!
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:21 PM Jason Lixfeld <jason+nanog at lixfeld.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> We circled back with them yesterday on a request we made in late November
>> where at the time they said they wouldn’t be turned up until 2019 due to
>> holiday network change freeze.
>>
>> They responded within about 4 hours, thanked us for our patience and
>> understanding and said we should expect them to be turned up in about 6
>> weeks, which is apparently their typical timing.
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2019, at 2:13 PM, Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>>
>> I hate to necro-thread , but has anyone seen any movement from Amazon on
>> this? I just got a Strongly Worded Message about it, and according to my
>> peering team , it's been radio silence for months.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 12:32 PM JASON BOTHE via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This is a note I received on Oct18 when checking on a peering request
>>> submitted on Aug7..
>>>
>>> “Apologies for the delays here. We have temporarily frozen IX peering as
>>> we revise some of our automation processes. I’m hopeful this will be
>>> unblocked by early November. Thank you for your continued patience.”
>>>
>>> On Nov 24, 2018, at 10:59, Darin Steffl <darin.steffl at mnwifi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It seems wasteful for Amazon to connect to an IX but then ignore peering
>>> requests for a year.
>>>
>>> They have 40G of connectivity but are unresponsive. I'll try emailing
>>> all the other contacts listed in peeringdb.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:38 AM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've e-mailed my contacts there a couple times on people's behalf. No
>>>> response yet.
>>>>
>>>> It seems like a lot of organizations need 1 more person in their
>>>> peering departments.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----
>>>> Mike Hammett
>>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>>
>>>> Midwest-IX
>>>> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From: *"Darin Steffl" <darin.steffl at mnwifi.com>
>>>> *To: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
>>>> *Sent: *Friday, November 23, 2018 10:21:51 PM
>>>> *Subject: *Amazon Peering
>>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a direct contact to get a peering session established
>>>> with Amazon at an IX? I sent a peering request Dec 2017 and two more times
>>>> this Sept and Nov with no response.
>>>>
>>>> I sent to peering at amazon.com and received one automated response back
>>>> so I know they received my email but nothing since.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Darin Steffl
>>>> Minnesota WiFi
>>>> www.mnwifi.com
>>>> 507-634-WiFi
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>>>>
>>>>
>>
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