Like to get an IX in SLC. From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Upstream, going beyond 1 gig
Do you have a connection to the closest internet exchange? Usually it's cheaper to get a 10G pipe to the exchange and pick up free bandwidth from Netflix/Google/Akamai/etc rather then upgrade your upstream pipes. Plus once you're at the IX with a router/switch you could easily pick up an inexpensive upstream carrier there rather than paying for multiple big pipes back to your area. This is what we do. Saves a lot. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2016, at 14:46, TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: I currently have two 1g upstreams and quickly running out of capacity, how have you guys handled this in the past for those that have been through this? Do you upgrade one pipe and hope it doesn't go down? Upgrade them both to the same speed ? Also for these two providers its super expensive for a 10g port even with 1g bandwidth, looks like I'll have to get multiple 1g pipes before it makes since to go with a single 10g port, how have you done this? Just multiple bgp sessions? I don't understand the logic of charging so much more for a 10g interface when it's lighting the same glass?
