Amazon Peering

Luca Salvatore luca at digitalocean.com
Wed Jan 30 18:16:32 UTC 2019


Yup, super professional of them.

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:36 AM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

> Oh, you ordered cross connects for a PNI and they stopped responding
> mid-project? Isn't that nice!
>
>
>
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
>
> Midwest-IX
> http://www.midwest-ix.com
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Luca Salvatore via NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
> *To: *"North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, January 30, 2019 9:45:29 AM
> *Subject: *Re: Amazon Peering
>
> Similar experiences here with Amazon.  Initially had semi-regular
> responses from their peering team, they issued LOAs, I ordered the
> x-connects and then radio silence for months.
> At the point now where I'm disconnecting x-connects since it's a waste of
> money.
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:49 AM Brooks Swinnerton <bswinnerton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I also saw sessions come up this weekend, no routes yet though.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 4:56 PM Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>>
>>> Mike-
>>>
>>> Definitely moving forward now. Someone from Amazon was working with my
>>> peering group and things started coming up this weekend, so it seems like
>>> they're catching up pretty good now.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 2:45 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
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *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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