[141309] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Tue Jun 7 12:39:30 2011
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 12:38:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110607150549.GH20444@hezmatt.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011, Matthew Palmer wrote:
>> netflow data, I'm guessing we average about 100kbit/s or less traffic in
>> each direction between us. At that low a level, is it even worth the time
>> and trouble to coordinate setting up a peering connection, much less
>> tying up a gigE port at each end?
>> -----
>>
>> 100kbit/s at <1ms is better than 100kbit/s at > 1ms.
>
> True, but the point being made is: how *much* better? Is it enough better
> to justify the cost of installing and maintaining another peering link?
Additionally, we share at least one common transit provider, so we'd be
trading <1ms for 1-2ms. Obviously, if we were talking about a leased
line with any MRC, the answer would be hell no. Since we're able to
utilize fiber inside the building with no MRC, the answer is more of a
"why bother?" It's not going to save either of us any meaningful amount
of transit bandwidth $/capacity.
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