Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
Robert Bonomi
bonomi at mail.r-bonomi.com
Mon Jun 6 23:03:00 UTC 2011
> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com at nanog.org Mon Jun 6 17:20:16 2011
> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:19:37 -0400
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Why don't ISPs peer with everyone?
> From: rucasbrown at 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?"
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