On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 01:57:32PM -0700, Bill Woodcock wrote: > On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: > > I'm wondering impressions people have of EMXI. I can't tell from the > > their website whether they're an exchange or a transit provider. > > Their website says that they facilitate peering, but it's not clear to > > me how that works -- can I talk BGP directly with my peer, or does it > > all go through EMIX? > > My information may not be 100% up-to-date, but historically, EMIX has been > Etisalat's international transit gateway product, not an Internet exchange in > the generally-accepted sense of the phrase. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_exchange_point
a number of years ago i tried to get similar answers, while actually living in Dubai, and never got anywhere. i think bill is correct, although, i was never able to find a sales person willing to sell me an EMIX connection. it is sad really, because the UAE is well positioned to run a good sized and well connected exchange. --jim > > -Bill > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2Hu7wACgkQGvQy4xTRsBEUhQCeMCF/JzEHz9SZf1Gyq0Ik1/P5 > ji8AoLfrXCkfzRVa4OqozzZN6MuSyAjS > =7KGq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Menog mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog -- Jim Mercer [email protected] +1 416 410-5633 You are more likely to be arrested as a terrorist than you are to be blown up by one. -- Dianora _______________________________________________ Menog mailing list [email protected] http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog
