On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Ong Jiin Joo <[email protected]>wrote:
> Patrick, > > Singapore traffic tromboning out and back is a well known phenomena, as the > peering cost between, say, Singtel and Starhub are higher than the cost of > sending the packet overseas to some neutral peering point in US or HK or > Amsterdam. I don't have verified numbers, but through the grapevine it's in > the ballpark of 20% of all traffic as of last year. > Hehe. I don't believe the technical cost of exchanging packets locally is more expensive than to send it through their transit providers. Surely someone is just trying to make money off the other. Some of the guys at IDA are working very hard to setup a neutral IX for the > inter-connection of various networks in Singapore. You can read more > details > here: http://www.ida.gov.sg/Infrastructure/20090708173942.aspx > That's interesting. Any idea how this initiative is different from SOX?
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