Hello, Comcast does have a very restrictive peering policy. They also made the decision a couple years ago to pull out of all of the public exchanges across the country and will now only peer over private interconnects at facilities like Equinix. From their peeringdb page: "We do not offer SFI on the shared fabric public switches at any IX." I know the peering coordinator at Comcast (Ren Provo). We've set up peering between WiscNet and some of her past employers. Her more recent employers (SBC, AT&T, now Comcast) have all had more restrictive policies. Comcast has refused to peer with WiscNet at Equinix, even if we pay for the cross-connect. Getting them to connect to MICE will be a challenge. Jeff On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 08:49:52AM -0500, Jay Hanke wrote:
Comcast requires at least 4 locations of interconnect across the US. There are a couple of MICE members that likely meet their criteria. They don't list Minneapolis as an option. If someone has a "real" contact at Comcast please feel free to introduce MICE to them.
http://www.comcast.com/peering/
Qwest is more Tier 1ish, but worth approaching so at least they are aware there is an option in Minneapolis.
Everyone, feel free to market the exchange. New members benefit everyone.
Jay
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