In some markets, that's the only viable place to go. Chicago, for instance. Equinix at 350 E. Cermak has a commanding lead over anywhere else for connectivity. With AMS-IX, Megaport and United-IX here now, we'll likely see some of that shift around a bit, but it'll take time.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 11:02:51 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Seen this Brocade before? Smart people don't start leases in Equinix facilities unless they have absolutely, positively no other option. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: In an Equinix facility, 1G ports are very expensive... at $350/month per cross connect. :-) ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP From: "Josh Reynolds" < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 10:10:58 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Seen this Brocade before? Once upon a time, that was probably said about 10G links. Before then, about 1G links. Those 1G ports are expensive you know. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Paul Stewart < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> Had a demo of that platform a month or so ago .. wasn’t public obviously - pretty impressive but a lot jammed into a “small package” … tough sell for folks who need that kind of density, personal opinion is to keep things more “spread out” on 100G links reducing areas of risk, but I digress as that’s more design/resiliency related :) <blockquote> On Jun 16, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: Don't worry, no one has. First public pictures. https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp/posts/910364895755630 ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP </blockquote> </blockquote>
