Re: What is a regional exchange point?

> The problem we found is that even though we (ATG) were well connected to
> both peers and transit providers, we were often 7-12 hops from service
> providers in the same building.   The latency and hop count were causing
> problems as customers were switching their transit to us, all of the
> sudden their favorite local web site loaded half as quickly.

Do you feel that being connected to RenoIX offers you a competitive
advantage over other, perhaps larger, ISP's in your area?

If you had both the web sites and eyeballs, why would you connect
to RenoIX to make it easier for your competitors to steal your 
access customers?

Or, wouldn't it be more compelling to sell local content off servers in
a high-speed colo in the Bay area where it was equally fast for everyone
in Reno?

Just playing devil's advocate...

Dave


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