On 14/06/2016 20:49, Randy Bush wrote: > the O in nanog is operator, not sponsor, panderer, suck up, ... we're > spending millions for half debugged underperforming crap and we are > cornered by infrastructure providers (e.g. ixps) who run us over time > and again if it makes an extra penny.
I am not at NANOG67 and am following this issue remotely. Excuse me if I am getting this all wrong. Dave shows a slide that LINX made $2.3M profit and AMS-IX made $4.1M last year and Randy states "that the IXPs run us over to make an extra penny"? Would we prefer that Level3 which reported profits of $122M operate the IXPs instead? Or perhaps NTT with $4.7B in profits in 2015? The Internet is no longer a volunteer operation run out of a few CS departments in major universities. If an IXP makes $4M of profit - good for them. I'd rather have each of these IXPs not only secure from cyber attacks but also secure financially. To all IXPs that keep the bits flowing - keep up the good work. Kudos! -Hank
