Randy, On 18/09/2013 03:39, "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com> wrote:
>somehow, a serious case of testosterone poisoning combined with insane >goal drift has hit a number of the large european exchanges. instead of >the goal being how well they serve their local communities, they have >gone wild with sleazy means of having traffic contests, doing really >sick attempts at techno-colonial expansion into foreign countries and >continents, ... instead of running a public service, they think they >are running competitive commercial enterprises. imiho, the members >should be up in arms. I find this rant hilarious given your position during the attempted commercial buy out of the London Internet Exchange! Others might class it as rubbish! The European exchanges are responding to a demand that is being created by US operators (many of which are members), there is a gap that is perceived that the model used in Europe (quite successfully I would add) may fill. By all means, if there are other companies that can fill this demand they should get their plans rolling. As for local communities - the Internet itself is a local community which we all do our best to serve. >if you are jealous of commercial expansion, then send your resume to >equinix. Sheesh! I've sent them mine but they said my approach to commercial expansion was too aggressive! Oh dear! ;) Regaards, Neil. (oh and yes I am a non-exec of the LINX but I'm speaking personally (but you knew that already right?))
