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