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Large networks like Level3, Cogent, Telia, etc all use big-iron routers (Cisco/Juniper) and will sell you traffic for under $1/Mbps.
by virtuallynathan 11y ago
Large networks like Level3, Cogent, Telia, etc all use big-iron routers (Cisco/Juniper) and will sell you traffic for under $1/Mbps.
- johansch 11y agoThey (Level3, Cogent, Telia) don't have millions of ports though...
- virtuallynathan 11y agoThis is true, but I can't imagine Google/Amazon/Microsoft are using Cisco/Juniper routers at every level of their network.
- stephengillie 11y agoHosts play a big part of SDN in that they support the dvswitches along with guest VMs. Not everything is a Cisco/Juniper. Switching hardware is still common in TOR and egress.
- cenal 11y agoVLAN's and Virtual Appliances in the same environment as the guest machines to facilitate routing should allow for scale without costing these virtualization providers too much.
- Jabbles 11y ago$1/Mbps per what (unit time)?
- virtuallynathan 11y agoPer month, usually (billed 95%ile). That price will decrease by quite a bit with more volume.
- Jabbles 11y agoThanks. How long has it been roughly $1/Mbps/Month ? Do you know of any sources with historical data?
- alexforster 11y agoAverage was $0.63/mbit in 2015, and I personally haven't seen lower than $0.40/mbit. http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-Historical-And-Projected.php http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-H...
- virtuallynathan 11y agoThat really depends on volume, location, and provider. For large volumes and cheaper providers (Cogent, HE.net, etc) it's been that way for 2-4 years or more. HE.net will now sell a full 10GbE port for $2600/mo, Cogent isnt too far behind. Sub $0.40/Mbit at >25Gbps volumes in major locations is doable.
- jlgaddis 11y agoYep, and once you're at the multi-gigabit per second level, the price drops much lower than that pretty quickly.
- ghshephard 11y agoIndeed - Internet Transit at scale (10 Gigabit+ ports) goes for around $0.63/Mbps at 95th percentile. [1] - for the above quoted 700 Terabytes/month, that works out to $1341/month, if it's evenly spread out on the lower 95th percent of the circuit at around 2.129 Gigabits/second. [1] http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-Historical-And-Projected.php http://drpeering.net/white-papers/Internet-Transit-Pricing-H...