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Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Salam Reza, > > You are asking an interesting set of questions, it might be easier to > answer the over a phone call conversation (at least fro our perspective, > being a small ISP/NSP ). I can write to you a lengthy reply, but am not > sure if I will be able to convey to you the information properly. > > The way you have posed the question, indicates to me that you are taking a > particular view of a 'network', which is not the same view I hold. I am not > sure if your view is more prevalent or our view as a service provider. > > Regardless I think it would make for an interesting conversation. Feel > free to call me at your convenience. > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Reza Motamedi" <[email protected]> > > To: "nanog list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:44:06 AM > > Subject: interconnection costs > > > Hi NANOG > > > > We are a group of researchers and our focus is on the economy of > > interconnection in the Internet. My question is mainly about the various > > costs of an AS establishing a connection with another AS, including the > > costs charged by the colocation providers. I am familiar with most of the > > connection options such as public peering on IXP, and private peering > > through xconnects. My understanding is that in addition to the cost of > > transit that the smaller AS pays to the larger AS, in the former you pay > a > > monthly fee to establish a link to the switching fabric and then you can > > connect to as many ASes that are member in the IXP, and in the later you > > need to pay for as many xconnects that you need to connect to as many > ASes > > that you plan to peer with. Obviously in both cases there is the cost of > > being in the colocation and renting a rack or whatever. What are the > other > > costs involved? How should the AS reach the colocation center in the > first > > place? I don't think every network can dig a hole an lay cables. Who > should > > they pay to get from one PoP to another? Do ASes have to pay for xconnect > > to connect their PoP in a data center to the rest of their network? > > > > I think there is no single answer as different businesses may have > > different pricing models. I hope the discussion can help me understand > the > > whole ecosystem a little bit better. > > > > > > Best Regards > > Reza Motamedi (R.M) > > Graduate Research Fellow > > Oregon Network Research Group > > Computer and Information Science > > University of Oregon >
