Someone actually sent me a list from Equinix. If it says MLPE next to the IP address of the provider then I assume they are using the MLPE route server, and if not I assume you have to reach out to peer with them. Does that sound accurate?
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Bryan Socha <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out nl nog's the ring (they have a looking glass), routeviews or > ripe's RIS project (bgplay) being an interface to the data). You should > be able to find someone sending up bgp data to these projects that include > the route servers on different IX points. > > > Bryan Socha > Network Engineer > DigitalOcean > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Colton Conor <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > >

