On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 04:09:55PM -0600, Aaron Wendel wrote: >> According to pch they don't run most of them. I would say they run >> very few compared to how many there actually are. > > Uhh... Reality check, with the S&D acquisition Equinix controls the VAST > majority of the IX traffic in the US. The only other IX's doing anything > even approaching interesting traffic are NOTA (in Miami), NYIIX (in New > York), SIX (in Seattle), and the former AtlantaIX (now Telx TIE) in > Atlanta. All are regional players, with very incomplete coverage of the > important regions in the US, so if you're peering in the US you're > almost guaranteed to be dealing with Equinix.
I might not state things quite as strongly as RAS, but yes, in essence, that's how things stand. There's a very long tail to the IXP curve, but nearly all of the traffic volume in North America is going through Equinix-operated facilities, at this point. RAS has mentioned the main other ones, and I'd probably only add Toronto and CoreSite to the list. -Bill
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