RE: Consensus check

["Tony Li" <Tony.Li@procket.com>]

I'm unaware of any exchanges that actually buy transit.  In 
fact, the exchanges that I know of are selling either facilities
space or switch port bandwidth.

Tony


|   marcelo bagnulo wrote:
|   > ...
|   > I mean, the main objection that i have heard is that 
|   > providers would have to carry packets for non customers, but 
|   > in your case (if i understand the scenario correctly) it 
|   > seems like a cooperative environement, so i would say that 
|   > this is acceptable, rigth?
|   > 
|   
|   This depends on the relationship of the exchange to the transit
|   provider. If the exchange is just a netural interconnect, you are
|   correct, a transit provider could end up carrying traffic for a
|   non-customer. BUT if the exchange were a customer of the transit
|   providers, the non-customer problem disappears.
|   
|   Tony
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