On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > On 13-05-15 06:24, ja...@towardex.com wrote: > >> We're a small ISP and we reach lot of content via peering just fine. Lot of >> these contents that you speak of (Netflix, Akamai, et al) have open peering >> policies and are present in more exchange points than anybody else. > > Not all ISPs are fortunate enough to be in a town where there is an > active exchange with Netflix/Akamai/Google presence. > > For instance, Montréal just recently oopened a peering exchange. While > this will eventually allow local ISPs to peer with the big content > providers, until this happens, small ISPs have to get that content via > paid transit links.
or via some cooperative arrangement with another IX participant, no? > Toronto has "local" content available via peering so smaller ISPs can > benefit from that. But not every city has that chance. > > > Netflix's policy does require a minimum amount of traffic before an ISP > can deploy an Open Connect appliance. So smaller ISPs are at a > disadvantage if they are located in a city without CDN presence. >