Re: Buying IP Bandwidth Across a Peering Exchange

[Randy Epstein <nanog () hostleasing net>]

On 11/25/14, 1:47 PM, "Colton Conor" <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:

> I know typically peering exchanges are made for peering traffic between
> providers, but can you buy IP transit from a provider on an exchange? An
> example, buy a 10G port on an exchange, peer 5Gbps of traffic with
> multiple
> providers on the exchange, and buy 5Gbps of IP transit from others on the
> exchange?
>
> Some might ask why not get a cross connect to the provider. It is cheaper
> to buy an port on the exchange (which includes the cross connect to the
> exchange) than buy multiple cross connects. Plus we are planning on
> getting
> a wave to the exchange, and not having any physical routers or switches at
> the datacenter where the exchange/wave terminates at. Is this possible?

Depends on the exchange.  Some allow it, some don’t.  Some don’t have a
policy.

Some providers offer it, some don’t.

Randy