pstewart
Premium,VIP
join:2005-10-12
Peterborough, ON
| reply to elwoodblues
Re: Please explain Peering
TorIX is a rather "open exchange" but there is always rules/policies that certain companies adapt.
For example, sometimes conditional refers to a peering policy that says "you must be doing 10Mb/s to us currently to peer". Another example common on the larger exchanges is "you must peer east coast and west coast with us".
Another example is "you must not have been a customer for the past 6 months to peer".
Most larger peers have a public policy page showing what they expect and what they will provide. One example of a TorIX peer with a list of conditions is NLayer:
»www.nlayer.net/northamericanpolicies
Basically you must use a GigE minimum to connect to the exchange (in this case TorIX) and must be exchanging at least 250Mb/s of traffic minimum. Plus, you must connect to them in multiple geographic regions.
Peers with conditions to the degree of NLayer are not common at TorIX currently - the more common condition is a minimal amount of traffic existing to ensure it's worthwhile setting up a peering session in the first place. |
