[AusNOG] Transit over Megaport - who?

Tue Oct 15 16:20:55 EST 2013

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.

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.

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.

I also think that forcing people to go 10G is a smart move.

We have our testing port up and running in Equinix - but yet to do any
VXCs.   Hopefully bringing on a Brisbane port shortly.

Brent

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> 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
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>>
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