[141338] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
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Tue Jun 7 19:40:32 2011
In-Reply-To: <4DEEB141.9090808@brightok.net>
From: =?UTF-8?B?SsOpcsO0bWUgTmljb2xsZQ==?= <jerome@ceriz.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 01:39:16 +0200
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
2011/6/8 Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>:
> That's what it really boils down to. How much money can be saved versus
> performance. If I'm doing a lot of throughput to a specific network, it
> makes sense that I might want to connect to them, especially if that
> connection either 1) saves me money or 2) gives me superior QOS/load
> balancing without a cost increase.
>
> Anything less than 200mbit of traffic isn't even worth me considering the=
se
> days, and as I grow, I'm sure that number will increase. Content provider=
s
> generally won't peer unless you meet certain traffic requirements for the
> same reason.
That's certainly a valid approach for direct (private) peering, it's
not applicable to IXPs offering route servers.
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