[108814] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering - Benefits?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Thu Oct 30 01:23:07 2008
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:22:46 -0400
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <23924.1225308484@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Reply-To: nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 03:28:04PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:17:45 EDT, Paul Stewart said:
>
> > I can think of some but looking to develop a concrete list of appealing
> > reasons etc. such as:
> >
> > -control over routing between networks
> > -security aspect (being able to filter/verify routes to some degree)
> > -latency/performance
>
> I'm surprised you didn't include "chance to pick up a redundant connection".
...specifically, in non-carrier-owned colos you have a better chance of
factoring out loop costs for pricing decisions.
A couple to add:
- failure scoping: issues on a remote network can be better isolated
from the rest of your traffic (or completely if it is the peer).
- product variation: if you sell connectivity, a different/diverse/rich
set of paths to offfer your downstreams is a win.
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