Re: Can an IXP sell IP transit?

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 11/7/24 21:42, Randy Bush wrote:
> i used to resist.  my instinct is that the data plane and the control
> plane should be congruent or you can have hard to debug issues[0].
> but, as i have gotten older and lazier, and as you say, route servers
> have gotten quite reliable, i have come over to the route server side.

I don't think there is any satisfactory argument that can be made for 
wanting to avoid route server routing. For the content/cloud folk, I 
think avoiding it provides a mechanism via which they can screen for the 
utility of having to keep an exchange point node upgraded and optimized 
for service.

Mark.