[AusNOG] Pricing for cross-connects at Equinix and/or Global switch?

[Matt Palmer]

On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 07:45:35PM +1000, Shara Evans wrote:
> * Global Switch does Meet-Me Room (MMR) Connections, whilst Equinix does
>   Rack-to-Rack connections.

GS will do suite-to-suite interconnects, too.  You don't *have* to go via an
MMR.  We'd be screwed if everything had to go via an MMR.

> * Several people commented that cross-connects at Global Switch can be
>   more difficult due to higher installation fees, the need to obtain
>   custom quotes for the installation, and longer lead times.

That's on par with *everything* being more difficult at GS.

> I also didn't obtain sufficient data to form a view of prices for
> maintenance, management and 24x7 monitoring for Cisco 4948 switches.  If
> anyone has additional pricing data on this it would appreciated.

That's probably best handled as a separate topic -- a lot of the people who
could provide such information wouldn't open a topic about DC cross-connect
pricing.

- Matt

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