Is there a way to browse a route server at certain exchanges, and see who is and is not on the route server?
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Hugo Slabbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue 2016-Jan-26 13:30:41 -0600, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Google or Facebook are exactly who you would want to connect with and I'm >> fairly sure they're on the route servers. >> > > ...and have open peering policies with pretty low requirements. > > https://peering.google.com/about/peering_policy.html > https://www.facebook.com/peering/ > > Gist: > > Google (in NA and EU) asks for >100 mbps peak for bilateral peering, but > are on route servers where present and are happy to dish out & pick up > routes that way for anyone not pushing enough bits for direct sessions. > > Facebook wants >50 mbps peak for bilateral peering, though I don't see > them on route servers at e.g. the SIX. > > -- > Hugo > > [email protected]: email, xmpp/jabber > PGP fingerprint (B178313E): > CF18 15FA 9FE4 0CD1 2319 1D77 9AB1 0FFD B178 313E > > (also on Signal) > > > Other than driving additional revenue by needing to buy ports to both or >> possible regulatory concerns, I'm not sure why these companies spin up an >> exchange for every new fad that comes along. They all just boil down to an >> Ethernet fabric. >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >>
