On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:43 AM, Aled Morris <al...@qix.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Me too and I was confused about what the point of it was. > > I had always assumed the customers of those IXs he singled out were > generally happy with the service they were getting and the money they are > paying. > > Is Dave trying to say they are being duped? Is he trying to identify a > need for regulation? > I was pointing out facts about IXPs that many did not know, including the actual organizational structure. I was also opining on how these IXPs could be better; mainly, how they choose to spend money. > > Perhaps Dave was advocating the SIX model and suggesting the customers of > the existing exchanges should be looking to organise an alternative in > their localities. > Absolutely correct (which should answer Hank's question, as well). > > Or perhaps this is a wakeup call for LoNAP and the smaller exchanges who > "compete" with AMS-IX, DE-CIX and NetNod - stop trying to mimic their > commercial models (big fees which pay for staff and marketing) and look > instead at the lean SIX as the way of offering a service at a price > competitive to transit. > Also absolutely correct. I don't want to see them falling into a trap of conflating marketing and outreach and/or offering an overly rich product set at the cost of price and operational simplicity. > Or was there a hidden message in Dave's presentation that I missed? > Seems like you got it. > Aled >