One other important point to note. Anyone can turn up an exchange in N/A and be supported by the same. So far, only the current cadre of IXP's have stepped up to help.
US entities are instead busy acquiring meet- me rooms to further box us all in even more. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/09/17/cologix-acquires-jax-meet-me-room/ Best, -M< On Thursday, September 19, 2013, Neil J. McRae wrote: > 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?)) > > > >
