From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 4 18:52:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA04595 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:52:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from okjunc.junction.net (root@okjunc.junction.net [199.166.227.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA04590 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:52:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by okjunc.junction.net (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id TAA32239; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 19:02:56 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 19:50:25 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Dillon To: linuxisp@lightning.com cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: CIX membership alternatives Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 21:02:56 -0500 From: Paul Ferguson To: Michael Dillon Cc: Multiple recipients of list IAP , calan@electrici.com, woody@zocalo.net Subject: Re: CIX membership At 06:43 PM 4/4/96 -0800, Michael Dillon wrote: >On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, John Kupiec wrote: > >> SO is it time for the smaller service providers to reconsider membership in >> the Commercial Internet eXchange Association? > >Definitely time to consider it. Have a look at the rates at >http://www.cix.org/CIXInfo/96categories.html >and read some of the other info. I don't know if they will accept small ISP's >at the $1,000/year rate but it does say that it's targetted towards >smaller companies. And if you want full membership with no CIX router >connection it is only $5,000/year. Only the people who also want the CIX >router connection (IMHO not worth that much) need to pay the additional >$5,000 to bring the annual fee to $10,000. > >Definitely should be looked into... > >Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 >Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 >http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com > I would also recommend looking into a California-based consortium that is just starting up called Packet Clearing House [PCH]. These folks are definitely geared towards the small Internet access provider. See: http://hardhat.zocalo.net/pch.html - paul -- Paul Ferguson || || Consulting Engineering || || Reston, Virginia USA |||| |||| tel: +1.703.716.9538 ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. e-mail: pferguso@cisco.com c i s c o S y s t e m s