A Study of 28 Peering Policies
The following are snippets of Peering Policy Clauses found in the Peering Rules of the Road - A Study of 28 Peering Policies study. Clauses were categorized and put into rough categories for comparison.
The following are snippets of Peering Policy Clauses found in the Peering Rules of the Road - A Study of 28 Peering Policies study. Clauses were categorized and put into rough categories for comparison.
Domestic Interconnection Requirements – multiple geographic locations Speakeasy is primarily interested in peering with networks of similar size, where multiple geographically diverse interconnections are possible. – Speakeasy
Interconnection with other networks in a single location is possible under certain circumstances, such as: * to encourage adoption of newer technologies such as ip multicast, ipv6, or similar * peering with a network whose primary geographical footprint does not overlap that of Speakeasy's network infrastructure. examples of this could be national networks in Europe or Asia. – Speakeasy
ATDN Peering capability: Applicant must peer with ATDN in at least four different locations in the US. Applicant must be able to interconnect with ATDN in: * DC area (Northern Virginia), * Middle of the country (Dallas or Chicago), * Bay area (San Jose/San Francisco), * New York or Atlanta. Minimum interconnection speed is OC-12 (622 Mbps). All interconnections should be uniform speed. For all interconnect types (Public and Private), interconnection must occur at a minimum of two (2) diverse peering points. For US peers, those interconnections must come from at least two (2) different geographic regions: East, Central, and West. Specific exemptions on the number of locations may be made, at Internap's discretion, for networks that operate in regions where Internap does not currently interconnect with other networks. – InterNAP
# tw telecom requires Non U.S. based ISPs to build peering sessions in at least 2 diverse regions on the coast where peering is initiated. – TW Telecom
Potential peers must be present in more than one common peering location; RCN will not activate single-region peers. […]as long as the peer can meet us at both coasts as a minimum – HopOne Presence at two or more Public Peering locations listed above (at least one on the West Coast and one on the East Coast or Mid West). – Cox
Presence at two or more Public peering locations listed above for International ISPs. – Cox
# Domestic networks must interconnect at a minimum of three physically diverse peering points, one in each of the following regions: West Coast (Los Angeles, San Jose or Seattle); Central (Chicago or Dallas); East Coast (New York, Ashburn, Philadelphia or Miami). – wbsconnect
# International networks may connect may interconnect at a single peering point: London, Amsterdam or Hong Kong – wbsconnect # Peers must be able to support sessions in at least 3 different geographic regions or timezones (U.S. domestic networks). – Mzima
Applicant must meet Comcast at a minimum of four mutually agreeable geographically diverse points in the US. Interconnection points must include at least one city on the US east coast, one in the central region, and one on the US west coast, and must currently be chosen from Comcast peering points in the following list of metropolitan areas: New York City/Newark NJ, Ashburn, Atlanta, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, Palo Alto/San Jose, and Seattle. – Comcast
All new peerings must be over private links. A minimum of two links interconnecting independent node-sets is required. Substantial domestic traffic is expected to justify a link. – tinet # Public Peerings shall be established on multiple locations. – LambdaNet
# Private Interconnects shall be backed by private or public interconnects in other physical locations. – LambdaNet
# Maintain a presence at two or more private peering cities listed above (at lest one on the West Coast, one on the East Coast and preferably on in the Mid West) for domestic ISPs. – NewEdge
Must be present in more than one common Public Peering location listed below (different time zones) – Charter
Interconnect: Interconnect Candidate will have the ability to interconnect with Qwest in a minimum of six geographically diverse Interconnection Points where Qwest has interconnection points of presence. The Interconnection Candidate must have the ability to interconnect directly at GE (1 Gbps) or greater capacity levels at each point of interconnection. – Qwest
Peer must meet AT&T at a minimum of three mutually agreeable geographically diverse points in the US. The US interconnection points must include at least one city on the US east coast, one in the central region, and one on the US west coast, and must currently be chosen from AT&T peering points in the following list of metropolitan areas: New York City/Newark NJ, Washington DC/Ashburn VA, Atlanta (for AS7018 only), Chicago, Dallas, Seattle (for AS7018 only), San Francisco/Palo Alto/San Jose, and Los Angeles. – AT&T
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