<div dir="ltr">Brad,<div><br></div><div>As much as I appreciate what many of the DC providers have to offer... some of the cross-connect pricing is just extortion, and I have no sympathy sorry.</div><div><br></div><div>But, you need to remember here... you will still need the initial 10Gb cross-connect (or dual), plus your $500 (or dual) into Megaport.... you have to be getting value from the multiple savings on the physical X-connects, the peering, and access to the offerings on VxC.</div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Brad Evans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brad@delion.com.au" target="_blank">brad@delion.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


  
    
  
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    <div>So I remove my 10x cross connects and
      replace it with 1. That is lost revenue, quite a bit.  <br>
      <br>
      Sure, in reality it may not be that extreme, but it's no doubt
      going to cut into a pretty high margin product.<br>
      <br>
      -Brad<br>
      <br>
      On 15/10/2013 5:26 PM, Daniel Watson wrote:<br>
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        <div>Reading over this thread throughout the day, it
          seems to me that people are forgetting that you still need the
          cross connect within the DC to get connected to MegaPort's
          switching within the DC, so you would still have to pay that
          $225/month or what ever fees you have worked out with the DC
          in question.</div>
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        <div>D.</div>
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          <div style="direction:ltr"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> AusNOG
              [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] on behalf of Brad Evans
              [<a href="mailto:brad@delion.com.au" target="_blank">brad@delion.com.au</a>]<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:21 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Transit over Megaport - who?<br>
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          <div>I'm curious how the datacenters feel about potentially
            losing all this cross connect revenue.  It has to be a
            pretty fair chunk of their profit.  We all know that it
            doesn't cost $225/month (>$8k over 3 years) for 50m of
            fibre to sit in a tray, but we know that that 10Kva of
            redundant, protected power and cooling is worth every cent
            we pay for it.<br>
            <br>
            I think Macca raised a reasonable point... everything on 1
            physical port is crazy.  But everyone else has made the
            obvious conclusion that Megaport[S] open up some fantastic
            options for us all.    How exactly does the service work if
            we take 2 ports? Are they aggregated or active/standby ? Is
            it the same cost to take up the 2nd port?<br>
            <br>
            Cheers<br>
            <br>
            -Brad<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            <div>On 15/10/2013 5:10 PM, Skeeve
              Stevens wrote:<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">Hey Brent,
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                <div>I don't think it removes the cost of
                  cross-connects, but it certainly makes it a hell of a
                  lot cheaper.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>From what one of the guys at MP told me, intra-dc
                  will be $100/mth... which when you look at places like
                  Equinix which does Fibre at $290/mth - this will
                  essentially third that for permanent connections.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>I'm not sure of the final numbers, but Bevan
                  mentioned $20/day (as opposed to $200/mth) if you only
                  want a short term connection up and running.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>The trick here will be for Megaport to automate
                  this so smoothly that VxC's are brought online VERY
                  quickly.. perhaps even have non-active pre-provisioned
                  ones (with VLAN's, etc) between two points, ready to
                  come up at a moments notice.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>The datacentres these Cross-Connect fee savings
                  will help massively will be places like Globalswitch
                  with their insane install costs, ongoing monthlies and
                  maze of suites run by different people with different
                  rules.</div>
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                          ...Skeeve</div>
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                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at
                      4:33 PM, Brent Paddon <span dir="ltr">
                        <<a href="mailto:brent.paddon@gmail.com" target="_blank">brent.paddon@gmail.com</a>></span>
                      wrote:<br>
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                        <div dir="ltr">Absolutely.  To be honest I see
                          it as just another crossconnect - we already
                          have a number of customers in both GS and
                          Equinix directly connected.  This will just
                          make it a bit easier (removing cost of
                          internal xconnects) and make it easier for us
                          to sell (and buy from) others in DC's that we
                          dont have a current presence in (eg S1, etc).
                           Bring it on I say :)
                          <div><br>
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                          <div>Bevan disrupting the status quo (his
                            specialty I think) ... :)<br>
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                            <div>Brent</div>
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                          <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013
                            at 3:29 PM, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr">
                              <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>></span>
                            wrote:<br>
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                              <div dir="ltr">Brent,
                                <div><br>
                                </div>
                                <div>You guys going to offer any of your
                                  products on Megaport VxC?</div>
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                                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct
                                      15, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Brent Paddon
                                      <span dir="ltr">
                                        <<a href="mailto:brent.paddon@gmail.com" target="_blank">brent.paddon@gmail.com</a>></span>
                                      wrote:<br>
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                                        <div dir="ltr">Its certainly
                                          going to change the way we all
                                          buy (and sell) services to
                                          each other.  Definitely going
                                          to break down the current
                                          somewhat high inter-DC
                                          connectivity costs.
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>I think the model that
                                            they've come up with is a
                                            winner and I'd be awfully
                                            surprised if there isn't a
                                            significant amount of
                                            traffic (mainly on the
                                            VXC's) pretty shortly...as
                                            soon as the rollout has
                                            reached that critical mass.</div>
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>I expect to see a LOT
                                            more connectivity between
                                            people (especially for those
                                            selling aggregation ports /
                                            last-mile access products),
                                            transit, cloudy stuff, etc.
                                             The current pain-in-arse of
                                            being in different DC's is
                                            pretty much going to go
                                            away.  Heck, we all know
                                            what the cost of
                                            cross-connects _inside_ DC's
                                            is like at the moment.</div>
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>I also think that forcing
                                            people to go 10G is a smart
                                            move.</div>
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>We have our testing port
                                            up and running in Equinix -
                                            but yet to do any VXCs.  
                                            Hopefully bringing on a
                                            Brisbane port shortly.</div>
                                          <div><br>
                                          </div>
                                          <div>Brent</div>
                                          <div>
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                                          <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                            Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:02
                                            PM, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr">
                                              <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>></span>
                                            wrote:<br>
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                                              <div dir="ltr">Hey Macca,
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>I know you say
                                                  unaffiliated, but I
                                                  also know this product
                                                  of Megaport directly
                                                  competes with Vocus
                                                  fibre to a certain
                                                  degree.</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>Let's be honest...
                                                  we're not talking
                                                  running things over
                                                  peering here... I
                                                  really don't see any
                                                  quality difference
                                                  running a VLAN over
                                                  layer 2
                                                  Vocus/AAPT/Pipe/others
                                                  and Megaport...  
                                                  sounds more like a
                                                  scare tactic to be
                                                  honest.  Unless you
                                                  have insight that you
                                                  would like to share
                                                  (honestly, I'd like to
                                                  know)</div>
                                                <div><br>
                                                </div>
                                                <div>If we are talking
                                                  dark vs. layer 2, then
                                                  I would agree.... but
                                                  I am also not
                                                  suggesting everyone
                                                  run absolutely
                                                  everything over one
                                                  Megaport connection...
                                                  go dual feeds if you
                                                  want.. I am sure
                                                  they'd sell it.
                                                   But... I see
                                                  something interesting
                                                  here, and I see it as
                                                  the future of how
                                                  inter-dc connections
                                                  will be one - whether
                                                  it is Megaport, or
                                                  Vocus or Pipe get in
                                                  on the game too... I
                                                  see it as a great
                                                  idea.</div>
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                                                    <div dir="ltr">
                                                      <div><br>
                                                        ...Skeeve</div>
                                                      <div><br>
                                                      </div>
                                                      <div>
                                                        <div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego
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                                                    <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                                      Tue, Oct 15, 2013
                                                      at 3:42 PM,
                                                      McDonald Richards
                                                      <span dir="ltr">
                                                        <<a href="mailto:McDonald.Richards@vocus.com.au" target="_blank">McDonald.Richards@vocus.com.au</a>></span>
                                                      wrote:<br>
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                                                        <div dir="auto">
                                                          <div>All my
                                                          mission
                                                          critical
                                                          services on
                                                          the one
                                                          physical port
                                                          and cabling? I
                                                          can't wait!</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Macca</div>
                                                          <div>(unaffiliated
                                                          in this
                                                          context)<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div><br>
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                                                          On 15/10/2013,
                                                          at 3:24 PM,
                                                          "Skeeve
                                                          Stevens" <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>> wrote:<br>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">OK
                                                          all,
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>The time
                                                          is arriving
                                                          for DC-Virtual
                                                          Cross-Connects
                                                          to become a
                                                          useful part of
                                                          our ISP lives.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Whether
                                                          it is
                                                          Megaport, or
                                                          other fibre
                                                          providers who
                                                          choose to
                                                          replicate the
                                                          model, the
                                                          Megaport one
                                                          is what we've
                                                          got at the
                                                          moment, and we
                                                          might as well
                                                          start using
                                                          it.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I've been
                                                          having a few
                                                          discussions
                                                          with people
                                                          about buying
                                                          connectivity
                                                          (not just
                                                          transit) over
                                                          the Megaport
                                                          VxC fabric,
                                                          but I am not
                                                          sure if anyone
                                                          out there has
                                                          productised
                                                          the selling of
                                                          products over
                                                          the VxC
                                                          fabric.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I know
                                                          people like
                                                          Amazon AWS
                                                          will now allow
                                                          you to connect
                                                          to them over
                                                          Megaport with
                                                          a Direct
                                                          Connect... and
                                                          that is great.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>What I am
                                                          looking for
                                                          are some
                                                          transit
                                                          providers who
                                                          are on, or
                                                          getting on
                                                          Megaport, who
                                                          will sell
                                                          either Transit
                                                          or Wholesale
                                                          services over
                                                          the fabric.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>I was at
                                                          an event
                                                          recently, when
                                                          Jason Ashton
                                                          said that he
                                                          was willing to
                                                          do BigAir
                                                          wholesale
                                                          interconnects
                                                          over Megaport
                                                          - and that is
                                                          an awesome
                                                          start.  What I
                                                          would love to
                                                          see is people
                                                          like AAPT,
                                                          iSeek, M2 and
                                                          others be able
                                                          to sell more
                                                          wholesale
                                                          tails over
                                                          this fabric.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Transit
                                                          should be an
                                                          easy one. for
                                                          $200
                                                          intrastate
                                                          between any
                                                          connected
                                                          DC's, with
                                                          capacity up to
                                                          the connection
                                                          of your pipe
                                                          (10Gb or
                                                          100Gb), I see
                                                          people selling
                                                          transit as a
                                                          no-brainer.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          If you are
                                                          doing this and
                                                          want to
                                                          announce it
                                                          here,
                                                          awesome... or
                                                          if you don't
                                                          want to
                                                          announce yet,
                                                          but happy to
                                                          let me know -
                                                          I will keep it
                                                          quiet until
                                                          you are ready
                                                          to announce
                                                          it.</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Also...
                                                          other IXs...
                                                          Pipe,
                                                          Australia IX,
                                                          Equinix
                                                          Peering - have
                                                          you thought of
                                                          connecting to
                                                          Megaport for
                                                          the VxC, so
                                                          people can
                                                          actually use
                                                          the Megaport
                                                          fabric to get
                                                          onto your IX
                                                          as well?<br clear="all">
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div dir="ltr">
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          ...Skeeve</div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">Skeeve Stevens - </b><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri">eintellego
                                                          Networks Pty
                                                          Ltd</span></div>
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