On 2/12/24 06:16, mehmet at akcin.net (Mehmet) wrote:
> Hey there
>
> Is it possible to connect Any2 IX from Equinix LA?
Yes, its possible but might not make financial sense.
You will need a connection from Equinix Los Angeles (any of their 7
datacenters) over to any of CoreSite's datacenters (any of their 3).
The fee for this is more expensive then a traditional "cross connect" in
that you will be using an on-net carrier that exists in both Equinix and
CoreSite to provide you a layer 2 connection.
This could be anyone like Cogent, Zayo, etc. Or a dark fiber service
like American Dark Fiber[1]. Or even another customer who has a presence
in both.
The lowest cost would be to find another customer who has a presence in
both and leverage an existing connection they have.
Sadly, this is only half the battle. Once you get a connection from
Equinix to CoreSite, you need to contact CoreSite sales to get on the
Any2West.
If you have a cabinet at any of CoreSite's datacenter, this is a simple
cross connect fee to Any2West.
However if you do *not* have a cabinet, then you can connect to Any2West
via a "Remote Connection." A remote connection will allow you to connect
to Any2West directly from an on-net carrier. CoreSite will charge you a
monthly fee for this, on top of what ever it costs you to get a layer 2
connection from Equinix to CoreSite.
Run the math and see if it makes sense to get a cabinet at CoreSite vs a
remote connection. In our case, the cost was about the same.
As someone who has a cabinet next door to One Wilshire, all the cross
connects and layer 2 fees got very expensive.
> OneWilshire used to be the place to be, is this still the case? I see in
> peeringdb Equinix has added a lot of networks.
From my experience, Any2West[2] is still the most connected IXP for
SoCal. The Equinix IXP[3] is closely matched when you look at the total
number of members but also who is on there.
Here are other IXPs in SoCal that you may want to take a look at.
BBIX[4]
MegaIX Los Angeles[5]
NYIIX Los Angeles[6]
MorePeering / Peering.LA [7] -- this one looks interesting as it appears
to be under development but community driven one.
Note: Some of these IXP require a monthly fee to join, on top of a cross
connect fee an on-net carrier fee depending on where their POPs are.
> Appreciate if someone with recent experience to share their
> recommendations. The goal is to reach as many as asian isps thru pni/ix
> connectivity
Look at the BBIX IXP[4] and see if any of those members are interesting
to you.
[1]:
https://americandarkfiber.com/ [2]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/142 [3]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/4 [4]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/3185 [5]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/1175 [6]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/23 [7]:
https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/4309 Hope this helps!
-Adam
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Adam Brenner
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