Hi Conor, I know this is possible since Hurricane Electric does it for IPv6 transit, however, I'm not sure if it violates any exchange rules or if it's even a good idea.
> On 25 Nov 2014, at 10:47 pm, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know typically peering exchanges are made for peering traffic between > providers, but can you buy IP transit from a provider on an exchange? An > example, buy a 10G port on an exchange, peer 5Gbps of traffic with multiple > providers on the exchange, and buy 5Gbps of IP transit from others on the > exchange? > > Some might ask why not get a cross connect to the provider. It is cheaper > to buy an port on the exchange (which includes the cross connect to the > exchange) than buy multiple cross connects. Plus we are planning on getting > a wave to the exchange, and not having any physical routers or switches at > the datacenter where the exchange/wave terminates at. Is this possible?
