[AusNOG] TPG Peering

[Joshua D'Alton]

It probably isn't a matter of cost to TPG, but more lost revenue.

Why would they spend money to fix a problem (for free for SAU), when they
could charge SAU $5000/month for that 500Mbit transit?

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Luke Iggleden <luke+ausnog at sisgroup.com.au
> wrote:

> On 22/10/2014 10:21 am, Craig Askings wrote:
>
>>
>> On 22 Oct 2014, at 9:15 am, Luke Iggleden <luke+ausnog at sisgroup.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Why wouldn't TPG add a couple of extra 10G ports to their peering
>>> network considering their cost is $0.
>>>
>>
>> Because their cost to light up an extra 10G port is greater than $0.
>>
>
>
> Might as well be $0. They own the fibre in the ground, the existing
> (presumably) 10GBE switches, peering fabric etc.
>
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