[NNagain] ISOC's IXP program

[Dave Taht]

You're tough, Bill! I do not know any more about this program than
from the link, but it appeals to me at various levels. Notably: "Funds
are available for training, community/regional development, and
equipment purchases such as switches, optic modules, servers, and
routers." Not enough people really understand BGP, nor the need for an
internet to be an internet, and sometimes the capex needed to put in a
better switch or router, just isn't there.

So in particular, I would love to see efforts to make the need for
IXPs more understandable.

A couple weeks ago isoc also came out with a $12M program to support
internet resilience. I have been watching several WISPs boast today
how their networks stayed up (with adequate backup power and meshy
links) when their fiber competitors didn't, in the current cold/snow
snap...

I have been looking also, into cheaper gear that can do this job,
built around DANOS and SONIC. There's one switch for $1400 base cost
that looked really good, built around that.

Flaws:

This is support for the traditional IXP model, which does not include
middle mile/backhaul to another IXP hub.
It does, however, have a carveout for IP transit to attract CDNs, but
it's really not the same thing.

Doesn't have a carve-out for software development. I think it really
sad that so many seem to think that happens magically, and for free,
nowadays.

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net> wrote:
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> > On Jan 16, 2024, at 16:09, Dave Taht via Nnagain <nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> > this is the kind of initiative I can get behind.
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> What, specifically, do you find admirable about it?
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>                                 -Bill
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