With our network present at both CIXP and TIX, I (personally) think having two exchange points is a good thing - the fact that they are independently operated means that (1) they make good backups for each other and (2) there is competition, which good for customers (according to prevalent economic theory :-).
As for the question whether "Switzerland [is] big enough to run 2 big exchange points?" - well, in some way it obviously is, since there *are* two exchange points. Of course there may be a good business case for reasonably-priced connectivity to exchange point A for operators who are already present at exchange point B (and vice versa). It shouldn't be too hard to build this, the question is by whom. The exchange points (A and B) might be interested. Carriers who are already at both A and B might be interested. But in many cases I think those players won't do it because they would see this as competition to existing services of their own. It would be even nicer if reasonably-priced connectivity to both A and B were available at various points along the route(s) of such an A-B connection (which happens to pass most major cities in Switzerland). -- Simon. ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
