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 requirements for making Peering Requests.

A) How to request Peering

2. B)How often you can request peering.
   

3. C)What information to include in the peering request
   

AT&T and Comcast are the only ones to specify a “reasonable” time period for a response:

“Potential peers will be contacted within a reasonable timeframe to discuss their requests.” --AT&T

“Applicants will be responded to within a reasonable timeframe to discuss their request.” – Comcast

Excerpts from Peering Polices

All requests for settlement-free peering must be submitted via e-mail to peering@above.net. The e-mail should include:

    * the Requester's complete contact information (name, phone, email)

    * the Requester's ASN

    * a list of suggested interconnection points

    * a traceroute showing the current path taken to www.above.net

    * an IP address AboveNet can traceroute to for testing purposes

-- AboveNet

All requests for settlement-free interconnection should be submitted to Verizon Business via e-mail at peering@verizonbusiness.com. An Internet Network may submit a request for interconnection once per calendar quarter. – Verizon

An applicant may submit a request for interconnection once every six months. If the applicant has participated in a traffic evaluation trial, the six month window starts after the end of the trial. – ATDN

Please send all questions/inquiries about peering to peering@atdn.net. -- ATDN

To request peering with tw telecom, please send email to peering@twtelecom.net -- TW Telecom

To request peering, please send the request to peering@dal.net. -- dalnet

To apply for IPv4 or IPv6 settlement-free interconnection with Comcast an email must be sent to peering@comcast.com containing evidence of meeting all criteria listed in the policy. – Comcast

Applicants may apply for settlement-free interconnection once every six (6) months. – Comcast

All peering requests shall be sent by email to peering@tinet.net. -- tinet

Peering requests shall not be sent more than once in 3 months. – tinet

# A network may submit a peering request once every three months. – LambdaNet

Please send all questions/inquiries about peering in English to:

peering@lambdanet.net -- LambdaNet

All requests for settlement-free interconnection should be submitted to HWNG via e-mail at peering@hwng.net. -- Highwinds

Peering Requests should be sent to:  peering@newedgenetworks.com -- NewEdge

To request a Peering arrangement with Charter Communications, please send an email request including a network map, proposal of mutual points of interconnect and anticipated volumes to peering@charter.com --Charter

Send peering inquiries to peering@qwest.com. -- Qwest

Applicants may apply for settlement-free peering once every six (6) months. – WVFiber

An ISP seeking peering with any of these ASNs should submit its request in writing, providing a description of its network including such information as: 1) whether it has a single-country or regional network; 2) if regional, which countries are served; 3) in which exchange points the ISP has a presence; 4) a list of autonomous system numbers and prefixes served; and 5) a description of the type of traffic carried by the network. Applications for peering in Canada should be submitted to peering@att.com; applications for Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific should be submitted to peering@attglobal.net.  AT&T

Internet backbone providers wishing to initiate discussions with either AS7018 or AS7132 regarding potential establishment of new settlement-free peering in the US should contact peering@att.com with their requests, including evidence of meeting all criteria listed in the US policy below. The criteria involving traffic measurements must be met by a prospective peer for three consecutive months. Potential peers will be contacted within a reasonable timeframe to discuss their requests. --AT&T

To apply for IPv4 or IPv6 settlement-free interconnection with Comcast an email must be sent to peering@comcast.com containing evidence of meeting all criteria listed in the policy.  Applicants will be responded to within a reasonable timeframe to discuss their request. – Comcast