Tom, a) Where is your network presently?
I am in Harwell but on SSE's fibre network. I can get 10G to HEX for 27K pa. b) Why not connect directly to exchange(s) in London, if you're there? I had plans to connect to LINX, but IXREACH are offering some interesting options. I can see your point about peering, I guess it is a bit of a power game ;-) We are odd kind of organisation, government funded by the department of Business Industry and Skills (BIS) but independent. This data distribution is supposed to be for the benefit of UK business. I guess there is some interesting politics I could play on the government side. Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: uknof [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Hill Sent: 01 May 2014 20:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [uknof] Here is a Challenge On 01/05/14 18:04, John Bourke wrote: > As we only have a mandate to distribute to the UK, I am thinking that > I can just peer with UK ISPs and deliver the data to their customers. Time to peer with the bigger ISPs might be higher than you expect. Some might not want to peer at all; it will depend. Certainly don't under-estimate it... :) > So the plan is to lay in 2x 10G into London and interconnect to one or > more exchanges via an exchange aggregator. > > If anyone had any thoughts or comments on this, I'd love to hear from you. a) Where is your network presently? b) Why not connect directly to exchange(s) in London, if you're there? (Hint: there is no right answer) Be prepared to look at partial transit (i.e. UK peering routes) from a transit provider, if your bursts come before your direct peering sessions have been arranged (many are lurking on-list, I'm sure). Tom This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender. This email and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but the Satellite Applications Catapult accepts no liability in connection therewith. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Satellite Applications Catapult.
