Re: [gaia] Remote Peering Discussion at GAIA 117

["Steven G. Huter" <[e-mail]>]

On 7/27/23 1:54 PM, Kurtis Heimerl wrote:
> Great link! I was struck by this: " logic is the same; remote peering 
> removes the colocation, equipment and circuit cost from the equation 
> and replaces those costs with a metered transport alternative."
>
> I assume we can develop an extension to BGP that does that without 
> obfuscating the important routing information, right?
>
> Again with the caveat of "we're sorta already doing this" that 
> underlies so much of my confusion in this space.
>
>
Hi Kurtis

How do you tell the difference (in network terms) between an ISP in 
South Asia showing up at DE-CIX Frankfurt on their own (buying an IPLC), 
versus, an ISP connecting to DE-CIX Johor Baru in Malaysia and then 
paying DE-CIX for a VRF to Frankfurt?

Both of these examples are remote peering, but two different 
implementations. For the former, the ISP knows what occurs with their 
10Gbps of capacity. With the latter, how do you know the total number of 
others with whom you are sharing the capacity? What happens when the 
underlying capacity is oversubscribed and you don't know it?

Why is peering in another continent a Good Thing when 80% of Internet 
traffic is now from the hyperscalers who are increasingly localized for 
their content delivery?

Lots of other potential research questions.

This is certainly an interesting public conversation to have and I'm 
glad it came up in the GAIA meeting.

Steve