From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-x332.google.com (mail-wm1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::332]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E6FD3B29D for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:19:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x332.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4154d24cc77so4453165e9.3 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:19:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1711714784; x=1712319584; darn=lists.bufferbloat.net; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=NXcVwUe2sy5BayYR0DHiILYFQB7JBocxP3mcCEElG9Q=; b=P724MP4eOOP1Q/mJJRAoCoxH4Ps5VMiQH6Bx5EP1FRHTUAw9JpcuIFlAMg3i0JR3oF b+fPNJco2lNG2367Fs4AuRw4romC4tKgXb++CpnDpjf+e9cZK5IG98WUeEte8N7jj7wi 3sF9FshTKbKga4s78rMaTn1BFcmOrRWTfZrC60Vb8R7JZ3mTcxAdiuk/W10bTQpZaYAC lM0gsbwsPdtmYd6ayUbwf2vu3ypVryq4ERGG+e+1Ok+S+nmnOLMU7233Kv/t7md6mqcq CNjXi2/xwTib6Yb4vYHrucGA4ZvjdAouoMNYDVvdgbgA8Kkly3BnTkrG69DE517mQG6G 91Fg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1711714784; x=1712319584; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=NXcVwUe2sy5BayYR0DHiILYFQB7JBocxP3mcCEElG9Q=; b=MGVmaIJV1fc6TQvdnnszOHG/vLtH+bAsXYp3AFUSCY5LoQ7DU+KBq7ISqsRCwSSGdZ D0GNmcEqj8dt/Qdp0Q+hrtYkpFvXvvt6nqL411mm/1yjxSdmxIXZmpaSW2X8u/o8AV6A accDOam4uAkUyHl/YcBOx5qHJgTnbHd/aRzdUf1DqxKQEwb8vJhJIdwJlCamiEDW3+sv ZVHEML5wWube22bY5PvyeYfTxFuBJX9IYZHbbw7klVNwa9eNmbxaOZPam45zwNhPp8eS b+UXy6D0U70r5iC9CQgjvPSSc9K5rcLpei/W9XBdTpk58LzdfWZ3W7AU8y0tIAXOW/ec vb4g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz1ka8Nv3i92+3mAzuVd82kU/zmcAyuvCvqvmHQQPeI467Mj4Fk r7B/S/2bhQTyslAjmE76FxVt2xetZgc9WBqRMxtm2Fo8QKLNtPpXQT3aGsByMB04tRv9sOBlcjm irJvlb4tFC1yzofNFSfw9cnl8miuqiT1X X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IElT+8gUUEHbnvdvd3Do0BMlA6wjBGzAmN3u4VgrptDvUuzXUV3mWyfh9C8uFfwHtxGmf66JMFn82rIvO5dsdg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:474c:b0:414:a54:ec04 with SMTP id w12-20020a05600c474c00b004140a54ec04mr1880087wmo.4.1711714783685; Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:19:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <49312101.18215.0@wordpress.com> In-Reply-To: <49312101.18215.0@wordpress.com> From: Dave Taht Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:19:30 -0400 Message-ID: To: =?UTF-8?Q?Network_Neutrality_is_back=21_Let=C2=B4s_make_the_technical_asp?= =?UTF-8?Q?ects_heard_this_time=21?= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a373570614cba79a" Subject: [NNagain] Fwd: Carrier Hotels X-BeenThere: nnagain@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: =?utf-8?q?Network_Neutrality_is_back!_Let=C2=B4s_make_the_technical_aspects_heard_this_time!?= List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:19:45 -0000 --000000000000a373570614cba79a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: POTs and PANs Date: Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 7:30=E2=80=AFAM Subject: Carrier Hotels To: Today=E2=80=99s blog talks about a critical part of the broadband network t= hat most people don=E2=80=99t know about =E2=80=93 carrier hotels. These are locatio= ns that have been created for the specific purpose of allowing carriers to connect to each other. The need for=E2=80=A6 Read on blog or Reader [image: Site logo image] POTs and PANs Read on blog or Reader Carrier Hotels Doug Dawson, CCG Consulting March 29 Today=E2=80=99s blog talks about a critical part of the broadband network that most people don=E2=80=99t know about =E2=80=93 carrier hotels. These are locations that= have been created for the specific purpose of allowing carriers to connect to each other. The need for carrier hotels became apparent in the year after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That new law allowed local competition for telephone service. New competitive exchange carriers (CLECs) had to tie their network into the public switched telephone network (PSTN), which was largely controlled by the big Bell Telephone companies and a few others. The big telcos purposefully made it ponderous, expensive, and time-consuming to collocate inside a telco central office. The interconnection agreements between a CLEC and a telco were several inches thick, and the rules related to collocation and interconnection were over fifty pages long =E2=80=93 and the telcos meticulously adhered to every rul= e. The telco got to approve the use of every piece of equipment that went into their space =E2=80=93 and that meant only using the brands of gear that the= telcos used. CLECs had to pay an expensive telco employee to accompany them every time they visited their equipment. It could easily take nine months to a year to establish a single new collocation. A few smart entrepreneurs came up with the idea of creating a collocation space very near to major telco offices. The language in the 1996 Act allowed CLECs to request collocation at any technically feasible location. It took a few fights at state commissions to allow collocation outside of Bell offices, but regulators universally agreed that was the intention of the 1996 Act. Once the use of external collocation sites was blessed, carrier hotels sprang to life and thrived. Carrier hotels make money by selling collocation to carriers. All types of carriers come to the carrier hotels =E2=80=93 long-distance carriers, CLECs= , ISPs, wireless carriers, cable companies, major content providers, and specialty carriers of all types. A big carrier hotel in a major city houses hundreds of domestic and international carriers. There are a number of benefits for carriers to locate in a carrier hotel. The most obvious is to make it easy to connect to other carriers and services. In today=E2=80=99s environment, an added benefit is the high degr= ee of security at the typical carrier hotel. Carrier hotels are convenient places to exchange vast amounts of data. The typical carrier hotel is also connected to multiple major fiber routes, so it=E2=80=99s an easy place for carriers to jump onto transport routes pr= ovided by fiber owners or companies that have leased or bought fibers on major fiber routes. Another industry function provided by the carrier hotel is to create competition that holds down prices. There is fierce competition in the biggest carrier hotels for bandwidth, transport, and other services, and prices are kept competitive by having multiple carriers willing to provide the same service to carriers. A lot of the traffic that we think of as the =E2=80=9CInternet=E2=80=99 cha= nges hands in carrier hotels. The direct fiber connections within the hotel allows for keeping bits moving in the most efficient manner. A given carrier might interconnect with a dozen or more other carriers to hand-off specific subsets of data. It=E2=80=99s rare for a carrier hotel to hit the news. The most famous even= t at a carrier hotel occurred at the carrier hotel at 60 Hudson Street in Manhattan. That location got knocked out of service by the attack on the neighboring Twin Towers on September 11. The carrier hotel went dark, which contributed to widespread broadband and cellular outages, particularly in New York City. The good news was that the carrier hotel was up and running by 9:00 AM the following morning. Comment POTs and PANs =C2=A9 2024. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. [image: WordPress.com and Jetpack Logos] Get the Jetpack app Subscribe, bookmark, and get real-time notifications - all from one app! 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Today=E2=80=99s blog talks about a critical part of the broadband = network that most people don=E2=80=99t know about =E2=80=93 carrier hotels.= These are locations that have been created for the specific purpose of all= owing carriers to connect to each other. The need for=E2=80=A6
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3D""Today=E2=80=99s blog talks about a crit= ical part of the broadband network that most people don=E2=80=99t know abou= t =E2=80=93 carrier hotels. These are locations that have been created for = the specific purpose of allowing carriers to connect to each other.

The need for carrier hotels became a= pparent in the year after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996= . That new law allowed local competition for telephone service. New competi= tive exchange carriers (CLECs) had to tie their network into the public swi= tched telephone network (PSTN), which was largely controlled by the big Bel= l Telephone companies and a few others.

The big telcos purposefully made it = ponderous, expensive, and time-consuming to collocate inside a telco centra= l office. The interconnection agreements between a CLEC and a telco were se= veral inches thick, and the rules related to collocation and interconnectio= n were over fifty pages long =E2=80=93 and the telcos meticulously adhered = to every rule. The telco got to approve the use of every piece of equipment= that went into their space =E2=80=93 and that meant only using the brands = of gear that the telcos used. CLECs had to pay an expensive telco employee = to accompany them every time they visited their equipment. It could easily = take nine months to a year to establish a single new collocation.

A few smart entrepreneurs came up wi= th the idea of creating a collocation space very near to major telco office= s. The language in the 1996 Act allowed CLECs to request collocation at any= technically feasible location. It took a few fights at state commissions t= o allow collocation outside of Bell offices, but regulators universally agr= eed that was the intention of the 1996 Act. Once the use of external colloc= ation sites was blessed, carrier hotels sprang to life and thrived.

Carrier hotels make money by selling= collocation to carriers. All types of carriers come to the carrier hotels = =E2=80=93 long-distance carriers, CLECs, ISPs, wireless carriers, cable com= panies, major content providers, and specialty carriers of all types. A big= carrier hotel in a major city houses hundreds of domestic and internationa= l carriers.

There are a number of benefits for c= arriers to locate in a carrier hotel. The most obvious is to make it easy t= o connect to other carriers and services. In today=E2=80=99s environment, a= n added benefit is the high degree of security at the typical carrier hotel= . Carrier hotels are convenient places to exchange vast amounts of data.

The typical carrier hotel is also co= nnected to multiple major fiber routes, so it=E2=80=99s an easy place for c= arriers to jump onto transport routes provided by fiber owners or companies= that have leased or bought fibers on major fiber routes.

Another industry function provided b= y the carrier hotel is to create competition that holds down prices. There = is fierce competition in the biggest carrier hotels for bandwidth, transpor= t, and other services, and prices are kept competitive by having multiple c= arriers willing to provide the same service to carriers.

A lot of the traffic that we think o= f as the =E2=80=9CInternet=E2=80=99 changes hands in carrier hotels. The di= rect fiber connections within the hotel allows for keeping bits moving in t= he most efficient manner. A given carrier might interconnect with a dozen o= r more other carriers to hand-off specific subsets of data.

It=E2=80=99s rare for a carrier hote= l to hit the news. The most famous event at a carrier hotel occurred at the= carrier hotel at 60 Hudson Street in Manhattan. That location got knocked = out of service by the attack on the neighboring Twin Towers on September 11= . The carrier hotel went dark, which contributed to widespread broadband an= d cellular outages, particularly in New York City. The good news was that t= he carrier hotel was up and running by 9:00 AM the following morning.
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