I think the argument is undermined by the fact that peering in Europe is
in a fairly dismal state. Were there a MAE-{London, Paris, Prague} I
somehow think that the big five at least might throw a T3 or two over.
Until that happens, nothing will change. Maybe as access points start
springing up in Japan, the Phillipines, etc., the roadblocks to such a
cooperative project will start to be removed.'
There are several large exchanges in Europe:
the LINX (www.linx.net) with 28 peers, although some more peerworthy than others
the D-GIX (at Stockholm)
AMSIX
E-bone in Paris
and many others in Denmark, Rome, etc.
And as for US providers throwing T3s they are starting to . . . but after
UK (in particular) providers went the other way.
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