Why use PeeringDB?

Wed Jul 18 17:24:21 UTC 2012

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Zaid Ali <zaid at zaidali.com> wrote:
> The goal is "Source of truth" for any peer to know information at the
> Exchange points as well as peering coordinator information. I think it is
> a great tool for the peering community and definitely useful. Cons: Will
> it be the next RADB? There needs to be a sustainable community to keep it
> running since it is a volunteer effort.

Good point. I suspect that enough large users (with money, developers,
hosting, etc.) are enjoying it that it has reached a critical mass of
a semi-core service that wont have a hard time getting some support
going forward.

--j