[FCIX] Transit @ FMT1/FMT2

John Mayor john at datablocks.net
Tue Jan 18 15:23:54 PST 2022


Hey all

I have 10Gbit transport from FMT2 all the way to Toronto Ontario where I
have a blend of transit as well as Torix exchange peering at 151 front st

Could be used for backup transit if anyone is interested

John

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 4:37 PM Kenneth Finnegan via Members <members at fcix.net>
wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> On 1/18/2022 12:44 PM, Eric Wheeler via Members wrote:
>  > I am not sure if this is
>  > considered acceptable on an exchange switch, but it would certainly be
>  > convenient for low volume backup connectivity!
>
>
> FCIX does not have any policy preventing direct peering for paid
> services, so for low volume backup connectivity it would be perfectly
> acceptable, and buying/selling transit across FCIX is fine.
>
> We do not offer private peering VLANs, so if you didn't want to use your
> FCIX peering addresses for the session, you would be expected to order
> your own cross connect.
>
> Only in the situation where we see two peers flat-lining their ports
> between just the two networks would we ask that you peel that one flow
> off onto a private cross connect instead of asking you to upgrade port
> speed like we do normally.
>
> Kenneth Finnegan
> FCIX Admin
>
>
> On 1/18/2022 12:44 PM, Eric Wheeler via Members wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > We have also been interested in another provider for backup service, but
> > a whole transit backhaul is way more than we need (and it can be
> > expensive).  I have often wondered if there are users on FCIX that would
> > allow default routes and announce network blocks globally.  The idea
> > would be to BGP peer with someone for transit directly across the FCIX
> > switch instead of running a cross connect.  I am not sure if this is
> > considered acceptable on an exchange switch, but it would certainly be
> > convenient for low volume backup connectivity!
> >
> > Let me know your thoughts.
> >
> > -Eric
> >
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> >
> > 01/16/2022 10:41 (America/Los_Angeles) - Shashi Dookhee via Members
> wrote:
> > We may be able to provide transit to others, or our own transit through
> > our network (blended transit/peers). We also have the capability to
> > provide 1Gbps to 100Gbps+ L2 transport from HE2 to Coresite (SV1/3/7).
> > Not a service we typically do at the moment, but could be something we’d
> > consider depending on requirements.
> > Thanks!
> > Shashi Dookhee
> > Sail Internet - AS54243
> > peering at sailinternet.com <mailto:peering at sailinternet.com>
> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 11:53 AM IP Administrators via Members
> > <members at fcix.net <mailto:members at fcix.net>> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Curious to find out if anyone has transit from elsewhere besides
> > Hurricane Electric and Level3, and would be willing to resell it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alexander Aleszczyk
> > NetInformatik
> > AS397270
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