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Allied Properties sale of their data centre portfolio to KDDI includes 151 Front Street W., the site of TorIX which is the main Internet Exchange Point for the country. While that's not necessarily an issue, I kinda figured it was at least a little bit notable but I've not seen it mentioned aside from an investment context.

Unfortunately, it seems like it's less consequential than it should be because Bell Canada apparently still refuses to peer at TorIX and only connects to other ISPs through the US which means that eg. if I'm on Rogers in Toronto and you're on Bell, any communications between our computers have to flow through American controlled systems even though we're in the same city because that's how Bell chooses to have things set up.

Whereas, for pretty much everything else in Toronto, it'd move between networks via TorIX. Which is now in a building owned by a Japanese company instead of a Canadian REIT.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What? We have other internet exchanges and who cares who owns the building? The exchange is not owned by the building owner.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not the only IXP, just the largest.

It's not really any particular problem, I just think it's the sort of thing that's worth being aware of at least. So I pointed it out. I did overhype the headline (should have put the building housing a key part...) but did indicate in the post that they bought the building and not control of TorIX itself and that

While that’s not necessarily an issue, I kinda figured it was at least a little bit notable but I’ve not seen it mentioned aside from an investment context.

It was also an opportunity to highlight Bell's unnecessary sending of traffic through the US which I think should have a higher profile though I'm not a strident nationalist and might actually be sorta okay with it if it was actually legit more efficient or something but it sounds like it's done for business reasons eg. to pressure smaller players into private peering.

I'd like to see infrastructure have a higher profile in general. I really appreciate connectivity, electricity, running water, roads, etc. and thing the investments we make there pay off. But it seems to often fall prey to being easily underfunded in favour of some attention grabbing but ultimately underwhelming pet project calculated to garner votes. Like tech debt being swept under the rug in favour of shiny features.