[141231] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bonomi)
Mon Jun 6 19:03:22 2011
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:03:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org, rucasbrown@hushmail.com
In-Reply-To: <20110606221937.B362C6F437@smtp.hushmail.com>
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> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Mon Jun 6 17:20:16 2011
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:19:37 -0400
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
> From: rucasbrown@hushmail.com
>
> Hello,
>
> I wouldn't consider myself a network engineer, nor do I have any
> formal training, but why don't ISPs peer with every other ISP? It
> would only save EVERYONE money if they did this, no? Only issue I
> see is with possibly hijacked / malicious AS owners, but that's not
> very common to do without being caught.
The answer to _every_ question that starts of "why don't they..." is
"money".
Who pays for the circuits to establish a 'peering connection' with an
ISP half-the world away? How much does traffic does "Joes Bait Shop
and ISP" in Painted Privvy, Nebraska have with a community ISP in
Honshu, JP?"
