I would hope that at least the 3 largest cities in Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver) should be able to sustain IXPs.
Hopefully Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg too considering the size of their populations and their distance from the largest 3 cities. On 2013-08-21, at 13:27, "William F. Maton Sotomayor" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, [email protected] wrote: > >>> IIRC, Albuquerque has NMIX which I think was setup as for-profit. (John >>> Brown are you still here?) Well over a decade ago now, my recollection is >>> fuzzy. I don't recall the reasoning in choosing for-profit over >>> nont-for-profit. >> >> [NMIX couldn't pay its bills so it lost a lot of support/clients] > > Ah thanks for that update. > > You've reminded me of another point: While it is admirable that CIRA (and > probably other similar counterparts are watching) looking to establish IXPs, > my anxiety lies with the future: Given everything that's already been > written, are any of these IXPs capable of becoming self-sustaining in the > future? It's a rhetorical question applicable to any starting IXP and > requires an understanding of the local environment. > > wfms >
