[180078] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering and Network Cost
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Bensley)
Thu May 21 05:53:25 2015
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From: James Bensley <jwbensley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 10:52:50 +0100
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 17 April 2015 at 16:53, Justin Wilson - MTIN <lists@mtin.net> wrote:
> Peering and peering on an exchange are two different things. Peering at =
an exchange has several benefits other than the simple cost of transit. If=
you are in a large data center which charges fees for cross connects a sin=
gle cross connect to an exchange can save you money.
>
> Peering can also be a sales tool. If you buy from a VOIP provider and ar=
e peered with them your latency and such will go down. You also have more =
control over the QOS over that peer. This can be spun into marketing.
>
> Not to toot our own horn but we put together a list of benefits for our I=
X customers:
> http://www.midwest-ix.com/blog/?p=3D15
>
>
> Also, a good article at:
> http://blog.webserver.com.my/index.php/the-benefits-of-hosting-at-interne=
t-exchange-point/
I also have a similar working document that I'd welcome feedback on to impr=
ove;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i2bPZDt75hAwcR4iKMqaNSGIeM-nJSWLZ6SLTTn=
uXNs/edit?usp=3Dsharing
I've used it once to help an ISP evalutate peering and started them in
the world of public peering. I'm now going through that proces again
with another ISP and again they will start public peering soon, having
used this doc in both cases as an intro/FAQ for them.
Cheers,
James.
