Sprint peering policy

Sat Jun 29 13:21:23 UTC 2002

Perhaps broadband in the UK is different than in the US, but I can tell you 
peering around the legacy networks has made a huge difference at the 
network I peerlead for.  Customers are getting smart and have come to 
discover 'Tier 1' is an empty status.  Networks evolve and traffic 
sources/destinations shift.  Hunt for the growing traffic, not just a 
network brand that may be in need of a facelift.

Steve, I hope you/Opal Telecom are looking into the Adlex tools.  Play with 
the traffic tracker and find out who is in your top 10, top 20, etc. 
circles at different times of the day/week.  Chase the band between 20&30 
and see what a difference you can make in terms of performance for your 
network.  It is amazing how quickly you can discover that some networks are 
out there under multiple ASNs (legal and other reasons prevail) and when 
peered with that 'entity' you can punt a former top 10 down a band.

Adlex, while expensive, can help prove your theory is inaccurate.  Adlex 
has paid for itself in just a matter of months from my perspective <G>
-ren

At 10:37 AM 6/29/2002 +0100, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

>"Peering around" only works if the networks the broadband provider wants to
>reach are buying from another network that they can get peering with, as most
>tier1's have similar i'll call it 'fascist' peering regimes they will not be
>able to peer around.
>
>They will of course be able to get peering with smaller providers but 
>these are
>individually small gains..
>
>Steve