Ouch... so much for off list .. :( 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: "Faisal Imtiaz" <[email protected]> > To: "Reza Motamedi" <[email protected]> > Cc: "nanog list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 2:28:13 PM > Subject: Re: interconnection costs (off list) > 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
