​If you haven't already, you should read this ​http://drpeering.net/core/bookOutline.html
​ On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Reza Motamedi <motam...@cs.uoregon.edu> wrote: > Hi NANOG > > We are a group of researchers and our focus is on the economy of > interconnection in the Internet. My question is mainly about the various > costs of an AS establishing a connection with another AS, including the > costs charged by the colocation providers. I am familiar with most of the > connection options such as public peering on IXP, and private peering > through xconnects. My understanding is that in addition to the cost of > transit that the smaller AS pays to the larger AS, in the former you pay a > monthly fee to establish a link to the switching fabric and then you can > connect to as many ASes that are member in the IXP, and in the later you > need to pay for as many xconnects that you need to connect to as many ASes > that you plan to peer with. Obviously in both cases there is the cost of > being in the colocation and renting a rack or whatever. What are the other > costs involved? How should the AS reach the colocation center in the first > place? I don't think every network can dig a hole an lay cables. Who should > they pay to get from one PoP to another? Do ASes have to pay for xconnect > to connect their PoP in a data center to the rest of their network? > > I think there is no single answer as different businesses may have > different pricing models. I hope the discussion can help me understand the > whole ecosystem a little bit better. > > > Best Regards > Reza Motamedi (R.M) > Graduate Research Fellow > Oregon Network Research Group > Computer and Information Science > University of Oregon > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -
