[AusNOG] Transit over Megaport - who?

[Skeeve Stevens]

Hey Macca,

I know you say unaffiliated, but I also know this product of Megaport
directly competes with Vocus fibre to a certain degree.

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)

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.


...Skeeve

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:42 PM, McDonald Richards <
McDonald.Richards at vocus.com.au> wrote:

>  All my mission critical services on the one physical port and cabling? I
> can't wait!
>
>  Macca
> (unaffiliated in this context)
>
>
>
> On 15/10/2013, at 3:24 PM, "Skeeve Stevens" <
> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
>
>   OK all,
>
>  The time is arriving for DC-Virtual Cross-Connects to become a useful
> part of our ISP lives.
>
>  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.
>
>  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.
>
>  I know people like Amazon AWS will now allow you to connect to them over
> Megaport with a Direct Connect... and that is great.
>
>  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.
>
>  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.
>
>  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.
>
> 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.
>
>  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?
>
> ...Skeeve
>
>  *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>  skeeve at eintellegonetworks.com ; www.eintellegonetworks.com
>
> Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve
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