[AusNOG] Transit over Megaport - who?

Brent Paddon brent.paddon at gmail.com
Tue Oct 15 16:33:49 EST 2013


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 :)

Bevan disrupting the status quo (his specialty I think) ... :)

Brent

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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> Brent,
>
> You guys going to offer any of your products on Megaport VxC?
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
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> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Brent Paddon <brent.paddon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> Brent Paddon
>> Director
>>
>> Over the Wire Pty Ltd
>>
>> PO Box 1807, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia
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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
>>>
>>> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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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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