Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Internet Peering
Here are the most common questions that come in from Ask.DrPeering.net readers and attendees of the Internet Peering Workshops.
Peering terminology questions
- What is Peering?
- What is Internet Peering?
- What is the Definition of Peering?
- What is the Definition of Internet Peering?
- What is Transit?
- What are the Peering and Transit basics?
- What is Internet Peering?
- What is bilateral Peering?
- What is bi-lateral Peering?
- What is multilateral Peering
- What is multi-lateral Peering?
- What are Peering Ratios?
- Who will peer with me?
- What is a Peering Policy?
- What is the Best Peering Policy?
- What is an "Open" peer?
- What is a "Selective" peer?
- What is a "Restrictive" peer?
- What is a "Closed" peer?
- What is an "Open Peering Policy?"
- What is a "Selective Peering Policy?"
- What is a "Restrictive Peering Policy?"
- What is a "No Peering" Policy?
- What is a "Peering Inclination"?
- What is a Peering Coordinator?
- Do you have a sample Bi-lateral Peering Agreement (BLPA)?
- What are the top misperceptions about Peering?
Internet Peering Ecosystem questions
- Why is Peering important?
- What is an Internet Peering Ecosystem?
- What is an Internet Region?
- What is an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
- What is a Tier 1 ISP?
- What is a Tier 2 ISP?
- How has peering evolved in the last 10 years?
- What emerging trends do you see in the peering ecosystem?
- Are there global Tier 1 ISPs?
- Who are the Tier 1 ISPs?
- Why won't the (Tier 1) ISP peer with me?
- Why won't ISPs peer with me?
- Peering with Tier 1 ISPs, precedents?
- In what ways do peering ecosystems differ?
- Can the evolution of the U.S. peering ecosystem be instructive to other parts of the world?
- Why is Peering Regionally important?
- Why is Peering locally important?
- When to expand Peering Regionally and Internationally?
- When to use National, Regionally and International Peering?
- Factors to consider when peering internationally?
Internet Exchange Point questions
- What is private peering?
- What is public peering?
- When does peering make sense?
- What is a "Tier 1 Internet Exchange Point?"
- What is an Internet Exchange Point?
- What is an IXP?
- What is the economic value of an Internet Exchange Point?
- What is the Peering Breakeven Point?
- What is "Effective Peering Bandwidth?"
- When does peering at an Internet Exchange Point make sense?
- What is an "Effective Peering Range?"
- What is a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point?
- What is the difference between the European exchange point model and the U.S. exchange point model?
- What is the difference between the European IXP model and the U.S. IXP model?
- How is peering in the U.S. different from peering in Europe?
- What is the difference between U.S. and European Peering?
- What are the pre-requisites (necessary pre-conditions) for a successful carrier-neutral IXP?
- Why is carrier neutrality important for an IXP?
- Why is carrier neutrality important?
- What is a carrier-neutral IXP?
- What are the selection criteria for Internet Exchange Points?
- What are the selection criteria for IXPs?
- How do I choose a peering point?
- How should I select an IX?
- What is transport?
- What are some of the decision criteria for deploying into data centers over seas? What is the process typically used?
- What is a "successful" IXP?
- What is the difference between a U.S. IX and a European IX?
- What are the different IXP business models?
- How many ISPs does a successful IXP need to have?
- How many carriers are required for a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point?
- How does a colocation company choose a location?
- Site selection criteria for colocation facility?
- How has the Internet Exchange Point industry evolved?
- Why is the significance of IXPs increasing?
Internet Service Provider questions
- What is the Business Case for Peering ?
- When does peering make sense?
- When does Peering NOT make sense?
- What are the Economics of Peering?
- What is a Peering Inclination?
- What is a Peering Policy?
- When do I choose a carrier neutral Internet Exchange Point?
- When does it make sense to choose a carrier data center?
- When does it make sense to use an ISP data center?
- How many types of Internet connectivity failures are there?
- What is the value of an Internet Transit Network?
Internet Transit questions
- What is Transit?
- What is Internet Transit?
- What are the historical transit pricing trends?
- What is the current market price for transit?
- Is transport ever more expensive than Internet Transit?
- Why do Internet Transit prices always drop?
- Who is DrPeering ?
- What is William B. Norton doing these days?
- How long did it take to write "The Internet Peering Playbook: Connecting to the Core of the Internet?
- What do you think of Equinix now?
To be added as FAQs....