Right. One rep told us we'd need to be around 500 XCs to get a lower rate (which I know isn't true). Even our TelX rep said that the difference in space pricing wasn't enough to make up for the riser fee.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erich Kaiser" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:50:46 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Seen this Brocade before? Equinix will negotiate if you have enough business with them and also having an alternate option to go to (Telx/DR runs the building MMR @ 350 Cermak). This DC/Bldg Mgmt war will go on forever. You do what fits right for the time. Hence why we are doing what we are doing, it helps everyone save in the long run. Can't stress this enough......... Every major POP we go into we automatically take a port or two to the local exchange and if has the major peers (google,netflix, etc..) So all you IXPs we want major peers!! :) Erich Kaiser The Fusion Network [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: Of course. Leaving Equinix is even worse as you have a $350/month cross connect and then an $800/month riser fee. That's why I specified Equinix at 350 E. Cermak. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP From: "Eric Kuhnke" < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 12:47:03 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Seen this Brocade before? You know that Equinix doesn't own or run 350 E. Cermak, right? They're just one tenant. It's owned by Digital Realty Trust. On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: <blockquote> 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 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: <blockquote> 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> </blockquote> </blockquote>
