The following are snippets of Peering Policy Clauses found in the Peering Rules of the Road - A Brief Study of Peering Policies study.  Clauses were categorized and put into rough categories for comparison.

Here are the clauses we categorized as Peering might be suspended, terminated, and we may make exceptions as we see fit.

Excerpts from Peering Polices

Suspension/Termination/Exceptions

Speakeasy reserves the right to suspend peering for an indefinite period of time should any form of network abuse be verified to take place via the peering interconnect. The following non-exhaustive list serves to provide examples of such abuse:

    * Denial of Service attacks

    * Unsolicited Bulk Email sources

    * Setting default-route to Speakeasy

Speakeasy's final decision in peering is based upon a mutually agreeable decision to peer based upon operational needs. If Speakeasy's operational needs cause a peering arrangement to conflict with the best interest of Speakeasy, Speakeasy reserves the right to terminate the peering agreement with reasonable advance notice.  -- Speakeasy

Other factors may also be evaluated, and will be addressed on a case by case basis. – Speakeasy

3.2. The requirements set forth in Section 1 of this policy must be met at the time the request for settlement-free peering with AboveNet is made. All requirements in this Policy must continue be met in order for the Requester to remain eligible for peering. – AboveNet

3.5. Abovenet reserves the right to grant or refuse peering to a requestor, whether or not they would otherwise meet these requirements. – AboveNet

The SFI Policy is only a guideline. Meeting all of the requirements stated in the SFI Policy does not guarantee AOL will enter a SFI relationship with applicant. AOL reserves the right to not grant settlement-free peering to an applicant based on business reasons. – ATDN

Any exceptions to this SFI Policy will be granted at the sole discretion of AOL. – ATDN

Any interconnection may be temporarily suspended or disconnected at the sole discretion of either party. – InterNap

Any interconnection may be terminated for any reason, with 30 days notice to the other party. -- InterNap

Internap reserves the right to accept or decline any interconnection request for any reason. – InterNap

Any interconnection may be terminated for any reason, with 30 days notice. -- NAC

Meeting all of the requirements stated in the Policy does not guarantee NAC will enter a settlement-free interconnection relationship with applicant. Net Access reserves the right to deny settlement-free peering to an applicant based on business reasons. NAC also reserves the right to make exceptions to this policy for special case or legacy peering partners. – NAC

tw telecom reserves the right to decline and terminate peering with anyone that does not meet this Peering Policy. – TW Telecom

In the event of a severe or quality-of-service impacting violation of these policies, the interconnection may be temporarily suspended without notice. – nLayer

Any interconnection may be terminated for any reason, with 30 days notice. – nLayer

nLayer reserves the right to accept or decline any interconnection request for any reason. – nLayer

RCN reserves the right to peer or not with any network as we   see fit, for any reason, without requirement of disclosure. – RCN

RCN reserves the   right to terminate public peering at any time with 30 days' notice.  Such advanced notice is neither guaranteed nor  required for unresponsive, abusive, or negligent peers.

Meeting the private or public guidelines above with Cox Communications is not a guarantee that peering will be established. Cox Communications reserves the right to not grant peering to an applicant based on business reasons. – Cox

# Any settlement-free peering agreement may be terminated for any reason with 30 days written notice to the other party. – wbsconnect

# WBS Connect reserves the right to decline any settlement-free peering request at any time, for any reason. – wbsconnect

Meeting the SFI network peering guidelines set forth herein is not a guarantee that an SFI network peering relationship with Comcast will be established.  Comcast shall evaluate a number of business factors and reserves the right not to enter into a SFI network peering agreement with an otherwise qualified applicant. – Comcast

Existing SFI network peers of Comcast will have their status reviewed periodically to ensure that joint capacity planning intervals are sufficient for growth, contacts are refreshed for operations purposes, and all criteria continue to be met. – Comcast

Comcast reserves the right to terminate SFI network peering, upon a notice period as determined by the parties' agreement, with peers who do not meet the criteria described above.

Periodic review of the policies contained here will be conducted to ensure that the criteria and eligibility requirements are consistent with Comcast's business needs. – Comcast

#  Tinet reserves the right to terminate the peering at any time with 30 days notice – tinet

This policy is a guideline. Meeting all the requirements stated in here does not guarantee that Tinet will enter into a settlement-free relationship with the applicant. Tinet reserves the right not to grant settlement-free peering to an applicant based on business reasons. – tinet

Tinet may honor legacy peers not entirely matching requirements outlined in here at it's sole discretion – tinet

Any exceptions to this policy will be granted at the sole discretion of Tinet. – tinet

LambdaNet reserves the right to apply the criteria set forth in this document to all existing peering relationships at any time. -- LambdaNet

Final qualification for Peering is determined through business analysis. Apart from the criteria below - the cost/benefit analysis must show the Peering as being beneficial for all LambdaNet organisations. – LambdaNet

# Meeting the requirements of this document does not require OpenAccess to establish a peering relationship. – Open Access

OpenAccess reserves the right to suspend peering for an indefinite period of time should any form of network abuse be verified to take place via the peering interconnect. – OpenAccess

# Recurring incidents of network abuse and/or slow responses on curing an incident will result in termination of the peering relationship. --OpenAccess

# OpenAccess reserves the right to terminate the peering relation for any reason with 30 days notice. -- OpenAccess

Compliance with the technical and operational requirements in the Policy does not guarantee a peering relationship with HWNG. -- HighWinds

Meeting the guidelines is not a guarantee that peering will be established. Charter Communications reserves the right to refuse peering to the applicant based on business reasons, without requirement of disclosure. Charter Communications will not peer with any network that has been an IP transit customer within the past six (6) months. Charter Communications reserves the right to terminate public peering at any time with 30 days' notice. Such advanced notice is neither guaranteed nor required for unresponsive, abusive, or negligent peers. – Charter

Compliance with the technical and operational requirements in the policy does not guarantee a peering relationship with Qwest.

The peering policy is only a guideline. Meeting or exceeding all of the above requirements does not guarantee Qwest will enter into a peering relationship with Interconnection Candidate. -- Qwest

Peering will only occur if Qwest and Interconnection Candidate reach agreement on the terms of a Peering Agreement. -- Qwest

In the event of a severe, criminal, or quality-of-service impacting violation of these policies, the interconnection may be temporarily suspended without notice. – WVFiber

Any interconnection may be terminated for any reason, with 30 days notice. – WVFiber

Meeting all of the requirements stated in the Policy does not guarantee we will enter a settlement-free interconnection relationship with Applicant. We reserve the right to deny settlement-free peering to an Applicant based on business reasons. We also reserve the right to make exceptions to this policy for special case or legacy peering partners. – WVFiber

Meeting the peering guidelines set forth herein is not a guarantee that a peering relationship with AT&T will be established. AT&T shall evaluate a number of business factors and reserves the right not to enter into a peering agreement with an otherwise qualified applicant. – AT&T

AT&T reserves the right to terminate peering, upon a notice period as determined by the parties' agreement, with peers who do not meet the criteria described above. AT&T