There’s an IX in SLC already, http://slix.net/ <http://slix.net/>. We peer on it. No Netflix though. There is a SIX extension in SLC though.
> On Sep 11, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > O really... > > > On Sep 11, 2016 4:07 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Like to get an IX in SLC. > > From: Cassidy B. Larson <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 2:58 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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? >>
