Re: Spark/Vodafone peering

Dmitry Konchanin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.nznog
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Thanks everybody for replies here and off list, and especially Jonathan 
for that Pacific island case .

Summary I got:

1. Spark is not government owned, my bad, so they can do whatever they 
want as a private business.

2. Vodafone do actually peer at NZ IXs, and that's cool.

3. It still looks... sub-optimal. Traffic still goes between Spark NZ 
and <random ISP>, and instead of using cheap IX link it's using 
expensive NZ-AU cable. Yep, cable is used with a different in/out ratio 
for Spark and <random ISP>, but approach "we suffer a bit but they will 
suffer more"  seems to be lying too far in a "business area" from my 
purely technical sit..


To Nathan Ward:

> If it is painful for your customers to reach Spark/VFNZ, then you need to find out how you can reach those networks, and if the cost to do so is worth it to reduce that pain. There are a number of options for doing so.
>
> If you have a 50ms RTT to Sydney from Auckland, something is wrong. Expect 25-30ish.
I would dream of an official Spark letterhead paper saying "We don't 
open peer in NZ because we are big and the rest are small" to show any 
inquiring customers...
50ms RTT is from Auckland to Auckland via Sydney, so 2x TransTasman 
distance.


Regards,
Dmitry

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