[AusNOG] Peering in Melbourne: PIPE vs VIC-IX

[Joshua D'Alton]

People commented on this recently, saying they saw 80/20 VICIX/PIPE, and
similarly 80/20 EQUINIX/PIPE in Sydney, so I think the consensus generally
might be that PIPE has been falling out of primary use.

It's certainly more in the spirit of an IX to go with WAIA as its not for
profit, while PIPE is commercial and especially problematic for those with
both PIPE transit and peering products (as we saw with a certain provider a
few months ago). Maybe ATM its not so much of a problem, but down the track
especially with NBN, there will definitely be conflicts of interest and
therefore degredation possibilities.


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Citizen <hs.citizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We are a small ISP that has recently expanded our network to Melbourne
> where we have a couple of transit feeds with different providers.
>
> We're now looking at joining one, or both of the peering exchanges
> available: PIPE and VIC-IX (WAIA). PIPE used to be the obvious choice
> but lately they seem to have been dwindling in popularity among
> industry players. Certainly their participants list remains
> considerably higher in number than VIC-IX's, but the loss of Vocus
> last year is significant. We mostly serve residential customers, and
> Akamai is probably the most significant gain for us - but they are
> present on both.
>
> So I'd love to hear opinions from others in the industry, is it worth
> going with both, or do you prefer one over the other?
>
> Is there anyone out there that has peering on both exchanges, and is
> willing to share details on traffic spread?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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