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Do you have a rough overview of how the requirements differ across the similar edge programs linked above? If there's one thing Apple does better, it's providin

Do you have a rough overview of how the requirements differ across the similar edge programs linked above? If there's one thing Apple does better, it's providing a clean straight forward page with all the relevant info and little fluff.

jlgaddis 7y ago
For reference, Netflix's traffic requirement for OCA is 5 Gbps, IIRC.
revertts 7y ago
There are some facility and org requirements depending on the various company's rack setups, but most of that's standard. The main requirement is how much traffic you need to be doing with the peer before they give you a rack - Apple states 25Gbps; more mature programs like Netflix are 5Gbps. Sometimes that's negotiable and they'll hand them out for even smaller traffic amounts (I've heard less than 1Gbps for some of those listed, though won't mention which ones). Like most things in this area of networking, there's a lot of variability and personal contacts involved.
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  Some of these deals are even arrived at over beers at a bar at conferences like NANOG (North American Network Operators Group).
  - fyfy18 7y ago
    That's not really suprising. I imagine setting up a new deployment isn't terribly expensive (now the R&D is done), but given you are going to be spending a few weeks working with the ISP to get it up and running, you probably want it to be with someone you get on well with.
    - regularfry 7y ago
      It's not only that. The community is comparatively small and tight-knit, one's technical abilities can be judged relatively comfortably from afar, and social currency matters a lot. Everyone with a stake in The Network already has to trust and be trusted by their peers. In that situation, informal agreements seem to work out well.
      - toomuchtodo 7y ago
        Spot on!
goatsi 7y ago
Someone on a "start you own ISP" style post a while back mentioned 10Gbps for Google (almost entirely Youtube).
mike_d 7y ago
The website isn't really targeted at the people deploying these. If you are pushing more than 10 Gbps into another ASN you'll start getting emails from their peering coordinators. Everyone also meets up twice a year at NANOG.

jlgaddis 7y ago

For reference, Netflix's traffic requirement for OCA is 5 Gbps, IIRC.

revertts 7y ago

There are some facility and org requirements depending on the various company's rack setups, but most of that's standard. The main requirement is how much traffic you need to be doing with the peer before they give you a rack - Apple states 25Gbps; more mature programs like Netflix are 5Gbps. Sometimes that's negotiable and they'll hand them out for even smaller traffic amounts (I've heard less than 1Gbps for some of those listed, though won't mention which ones). Like most things in this area of networking, there's a lot of variability and personal contacts involved.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Some of these deals are even arrived at over beers at a bar at conferences like NANOG (North American Network Operators Group).
- fyfy18 7y ago
  That's not really suprising. I imagine setting up a new deployment isn't terribly expensive (now the R&D is done), but given you are going to be spending a few weeks working with the ISP to get it up and running, you probably want it to be with someone you get on well with.
  - regularfry 7y ago
    It's not only that. The community is comparatively small and tight-knit, one's technical abilities can be judged relatively comfortably from afar, and social currency matters a lot. Everyone with a stake in The Network already has to trust and be trusted by their peers. In that situation, informal agreements seem to work out well.
    - toomuchtodo 7y ago
      Spot on!

goatsi 7y ago

Someone on a "start you own ISP" style post a while back mentioned 10Gbps for Google (almost entirely Youtube).

mike_d 7y ago

The website isn't really targeted at the people deploying these. If you are pushing more than 10 Gbps into another ASN you'll start getting emails from their peering coordinators. Everyone also meets up twice a year at NANOG.