The main reason we are collecting feedback for Vancouver is that both VANTX and PIX are not member based IXP organizations, VANTX is owned and operated by BCnet, a R&E organization, and PIX is owned and operated by Peer1.
We heard from a few people in Vancouver that they would like to have a true open, neutral and member based IXP, the idea for the town hall meeting is to build the community around a Vancouver IXP. BCnet has a good story to tell about VANTX, community support and IXPs across the province. If you care about Vancouver, then let us know. I'll see what I can do about the poutine :-) ________________________________________ From: Bill Woodcock [[email protected]] Sent: August 20, 2013 11:14 PM To: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: Vancouver IXP - VanTX - BCNet On Aug 20, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Christopher Morrell <[email protected]> wrote: > In Winnipeg, isn't there also the WPGIX? Do you have two competing IXPs in > Winnipeg? There are nominally competing efforts in Winnipeg (MBIX and WPGIX), Calgary (YYCIX and AlbertaIX), Montreal (QIX and Peer1), Vancouver (BCIX and Peer1), and even Toronto (TorIX, Peer1, CANIX, and IIX). I would not characterize more than one of those in each city as a going concern, however. https://pch.net/ixpdir -Bill
