[AusNOG] Megaport - Link Negotiation

[Tony]

I agree with Skeeve on this one. I kinda liked the fact that they were  
"upping the ante" by only offering 10G ports. My thought was that if you  
didn't need 10G (or didn't have 10G in your gear) then you would just have  
to buy a Gig switch that has 10G uplinks to act a "media converter"  (or a  
"speed converter" in this case).

With NBN (or maybe not with MBN) and everything else that is happening,  
now is a good time to be upgrading your gear to having 10G ports in it  
anyway. How many 100/40 NBN services can you fit on a 1Gig handoff  
(assuming of course you can find anyone in a coverage area who wants to  
order these services). NBN is talking about offering 1G/400M services. I  
can't imagine that you'd want to be receiving these on a 1G handoff port ?

The Megaport monthly fee is the same for both 10G & 100G services, so  
you're paying for the port/fibre, not the speed of it (at least that is  
what their website says).


regards,
Tony.


On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:58:43 +1000, Skeeve Stevens  
<skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> Blah.  I wish they didn't.  I like the fact they are only starting at  
> 10Gb.
>
> I have encouraged them to do a 40Gb port offering, which I believe they  
> are
> doing, but 1Gb... blah.
>
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> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Dylan Chidgey <
> dylan.chidgey at cirruscomms.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I spoke with Belinda from Megaport at the AWS summit and she advised  
>> they
>> have a 1Gig product in the pipeline. No ETA though.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Skeeve Stevens [mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 24 April 2014 2:30 PM
>> *To:* Dylan Chidgey
>> *Cc:* <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Megaport - Link Negotiation
>>
>>
>>
>> I've raised this question in the past.
>>
>>
>>
>> Essentially the Megaport philosophy is that 10Gb is your buy-in... they  
>> do
>> not want 1Gb connections on the network.
>>
>>
>>
>> I too wondered as not everyone has 10Gb ports yet... but no, you NEED to
>> have a switch (perferably) or router with a 10Gb port.
>>
>>
>>
>> ...Skeeve
>>
>>
>>
>> *Skeeve Stevens - *eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
>>
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>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Dylan Chidgey <
>> dylan.chidgey at cirruscomms.com.au> wrote:
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>> Hi AUSNOG,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone peering with Megaport has negotiated down to
>> Gigabit on their inter-connect?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Dylan.