Jasper Deng, 12/10/2013 21:34:
Instead of passing through others' routing domains, we would have a direct link/BGP session with them (should be feasible given the proximity of their IXP).
http://noc.net.internet2.edu/uploads/j_/cI/j_cIw5DZ0TaRa-EArTqANg/internet2-cps-20090909.pdf suggests they're already peering at Ashburn. But seriously, such networks are about transfering datasets like 800 TB of oceanic and atmospheric data from one continent to another, their traffic with WMF is just peanuts.
Nemo