We peer with as many people as we can, mainly for redundancy and also access to content with low latency and fewer hops.<div><br></div><div>For example TPG only peer on pipe, so we have to peer there.</div><div><br></div><div>The cost of peering is minimal compared to the benefits you can get :-)<br><br>On Wednesday, 2 December 2015, Shane Short <<a href="mailto:shane@short.id.au">shane@short.id.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Hijacking this a little
bit, what do people actually look for when you're deciding what IXP you
should peer with? Is it table size, traffic volume, or a specific peer
that's on the fabric?<br>
<br>
I've always peered with WAIX because that's just what we had, but i'm
curious what metrics people care about when you have a choice.<br>
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-Shane<br>
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<span>Nathan Brookfield wrote:</span><br>
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<p>Hi Gavin,</p>
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<p>I think Joe's figures may be a little off, the routing table is
approximately:</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>RS1 v4: 14343</p>
<p>RS2 v4: 14337</p>
<br>
<span>RS1 v6: 943</span><br>
<span>RS2 v6: 943</span>
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<div>Many Thanks,</div>
<div>Nathan Brookfield </div>
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<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net');" target="_blank"><ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net></a> on behalf of Joseph Goldman
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 2 December 2015 12:43 PM<br>
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<div>My sessions currently show:<br>
<br>
RS1 v4: 14242<br>
RS2 v4: 14236<br>
<br>
RS1 v6: 943<br>
RS2 v6: 943<br>
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<div>On 02/12/15 12:36, Gavin Davis (GC) wrote:<br>
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Would anyone be able to tell me the size of the NSWIX route table (v4
& v6)</p>
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Regards</p>
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